A Massachusetts federal court granted a preliminary injunction on Monday in favor of Planned Parenthood, temporarily blocking the Trump administration from following through on defunding efforts in a recently passed reconciliation bill .

To support the finding of her order, Judge Indira Talwani held that the plaintiffs, Planned Parenthood, are likely to succeed on their claim that Section 71113 of the 2025 Reconciliation Act violates their First Amendment rights. Judge Talwani reasoned that because Section 71113 could be applied to Planned Parenthood members who do not provide abortion, the law “impermissibly conditions” those members to waive their right to “associate with Planned Parenthood Federation and other [m]embers.”

Section 71113 identifies certain “prohibited entities” that

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