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An appeals court panel has overruled a lower court decision stopping the Trump administration from defunding Planned Parenthood.
A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued a ruling last Friday in the case of Planned Parenthood Federation of America et al v. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., et al.
At issue was a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed in July, that bars certain abortion providers from obtaining Medicaid funding for one year.
Circuit Judge Gustavo A. Gelpí, a Biden appointee, authored the panel opinion, which vacated the district court ruling and sent the case back to that court for further proceedings.
Gelpí rejected the lower court argument that the measure was a punishment, noting that it “imposes no fine or other penalty for past conduct” but rather “establishes new conditions on the receipt of appropriated funds in service of a new policy goal favored by Congress.”
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A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued a ruling last Friday in the case of Planned Parenthood Federation of America et al v. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., et al.
At issue was a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed in July, that bars certain abortion providers from obtaining Medicaid funding for one year.
Circuit Judge Gustavo A. Gelpí, a Biden appointee, authored the panel opinion, which vacated the district court ruling and sent the case back to that court for further proceedings.
Gelpí rejected the lower court argument that the measure was a punishment, noting that it “imposes no fine or other penalty for past conduct” but rather “establishes new conditions on the receipt of appropriated funds in service of a new policy goal favored by Congress.”
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Appeals court panel rules in favor of Trump defunding Planned Parenthood
An appeals court panel has overruled a lower court decision stopping the Trump administration from defunding Planned Parenthood