U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a law that would cut Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood and affiliated organizations performing abortions in 22 states.

Driving the news: The law was part of a Republican tax and policy bill known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which barred Medicaid funds for certain tax-exempt organizations providing reproductive health services if they perform abortions and received more than $800,000 in Medicaid funds in 2023. • Democratic state attorneys general, led by California, Connecticut, and New York, as well as the District of Columbia, challenged the law, arguing it was an unconstitutional retroactive condition on states’ participation in Medicaid.

The big picture: Judge Talwani described the law

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