Since July, Planned Parenthood's attorneys have been fighting to block part of President Donald Trump's tax bill that they argued unfairly targeted their clinics.
However, in December, a federal appeals court ruled that the Trump administration could continue to withhold Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood and other health centers. Meanwhile, a separate lawsuit filed by a coaltion of mostly Democratic states also challenging the cuts, was given a similar blow in January — though that legal challenge remains ongoing.
Under the tax provision in Trump's tax bill, Medicaid payments would be ended if providers like Planned Parenthood primarily offered family planning services — things like contraception, abortion and pregnancy tests — and received more than $800,000 from Medicaid in 2023.
Planned Parenthood was not specifically named in the statute, but the organization’s leaders have said it was meant to affect their nearly 600 centers in 48 states.
Medicaid is a government health care program that serves millions of low-income and disabled Americans. While federal law bans taxpayer money from covering most abortions, many conservatives have long argued that abortion providers like Planned Parenthood used Medicaid money for other health services to subsidize abortion.
Also, pro-life advocates say abortion is simply not healthcare.
