(The Center Square) – Denver has signed on to an amicus brief looking to protect federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

The Mile High City joined more than a dozen Democrat-run cities and counties on the brief to support a challenge against funding cuts to Planned Parenthood in the “Big Beautiful Bill Act” passed this summer.

“In Denver, we will always fight for the rights of women to access contraception and reproductive care,” said Denver Mayor Mike Johnston. “We are proud to join this amicus brief to push back on President Trump and the Big Beautiful Bill’s unconstitutional targeting of Planned Parenthood and to ensure women receive quality, life-saving care regardless of their ability to pay.”

The Republican-pushed legislation blocks Medicaid payments (i.e. federal funding) for

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