Indira Talwani (U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee) An Obama-appointed federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked a duly enacted provision of Congress that stripped federal Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood affiliates beginning this fall. Judge Indira Talwani, appointed by President Barack Obama, issued a sweeping preliminary injunction on Tuesday, siding with 22 Democrat-led states and the District of Columbia, and ruling that Congress failed to give states “clear notice” before defunding organizations that meet the statutory definition of “prohibited entities.” The blocked law, Section 71113 of the Budget Reconciliation Act, passed on July 4, 2025, barred federal Medicaid dollars from flowing to nonprofit entities primarily engaged in family planning and reproductive health services that also provide elective abortions and received more than $800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements in…
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