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The image shows a sign for Planned Parenthood, an organization that provides reproductive and sexual healthcare and sex education. It is the largest single provider of reproductive health services and abortions in the United States. Planned Parenthood's mission is to ensure access to affordable and quality reproductive health care services. ~Generative AI
By Nancy Flanders, LiveAction, July 30, 2025
Key Takeaways:
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Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro joins multiple other states and D.C. in filing suit against the Trump administration (Department of Health & Human Services and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid) over the provision defunding elective abortion providers from receiving federal Medicaid dollars in the so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill.”
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The lawsuit focuses solely on the defunding of Planned Parenthood, even referring to other elective abortion providers impacted by the provision as “collateral damage.”
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The lawsuit asserts that the provision was designed to punish Planned Parenthood “for advocating for abortion access.”
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Even Planned Parenthood affiliates that no longer provide abortions assist clients in obtaining abortions from other affiliates.
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The states claim defunding Planned Parenthood will cripple state healthcare ecosystems through Planned Parenthood facility closures, yet Planned Parenthood began closing facilities and shifting to telehealth years ago.
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While Congress voted to defund abortion providers and Trump signed the bill into law, it has not been in effect since that time because an Obama-appointed district judge has blocked it. Therefore, closures cannot be blamed on the defunding provision.
The Backstory:
On July 4, President Trump signed the reconciliation bill, partially defunding businesses that commit elective abortions for one year — including America’s abortion giant, Planned Parenthood. The bill prohibits such businesses from receiving federal Medicaid reimbursements for one year unless they stop committing elective induced abortions.
Planned Parenthood immediately filed a lawsuit in a Boston federal court, and District Court Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee, blocked the provision. The Center for Reproductive Rights followed that up with another lawsuit on behalf of the Maine Family Planning abortion chain, challenging the provision. …
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