Judge says government must keep funding Planned Parenthood in spite of Medicaid cutoff

A Planned Parenthood facility in Minneapolis. / Credit: Ken Wolter/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 8, 2025 / 14:24 pm (CNA). A federal judge has temporarily blocked the government’s effort to defund Planned Parenthood by ordering President Donald Trump’s administration to continue funding to the nation’s largest abortion provider for at least the next 14 days. The court order, signed by Judge Indira Talwani, partially halts a provision in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that would have cut off Medicaid…