Appeals Court Rebukes Leftist Judge Again for Blocking Planned Parenthood Defunding
As regularly as Obama appointee Judge Indira Talwani finds some creative new way to temporary scuttle a provision of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that bars organizations that provide elective abortion from federal Medicaid funding for one year if they received more than $800,000 in federal funding in 2023, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit says no siree Bob.
Yesterday, in a brief opinion vacating Judge Talwani’s injunction, the appeals court panel, composed of judges appointed by President Biden, concluded that HHS and other federal officials have “made a strong showing at this preliminary stage that they are likely to prevail on the merits.”
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In July, in a parallel suit, Judge Talwani issued a preliminary injunction at the request of 22 Democratic-led states. That, too, was slapped down on December 8 by a separate three-judge panel, comprised of Biden and Obama appointees.
In undoing Judge Talwani’s preliminary injunction, the First Circuit’s December 30th decision restored the federal government’s ability to withhold Medicaid funds from providers who perform abortions. Very noteworthy, however, is that throughout all of the legal gymnastics, Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood affiliates that perform abortions has been frozen.
Planned Parenthood filed the original lawsuit on July 7, three days after the bill was signed by President Trump.
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