The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/07/28/federal-judge-issues-order-blocking-trump-bill-from-punishing-planned-parenthood/A federal judge in Boston has just issued an order that indefinitely blocks the Trump administration from withholding Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood, saying that the provision in the Big Beautiful Bill likely is unconstitutional retaliation. Judge Indira Talwani in Federal District Court in Massachusetts issued the order Monday, as the New York Times reports, blocking the Medicaid provision from taking effect. Judge Talwani, in the order, says that because the bill specifically targeted nonprofit clinics that provide abortions and receive over $800,000 in annual Medicaid reimbursements. And because there exists no other network of non

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