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Judge Blocks Trump's Planned Parenthood Medicaid Funding Cut

Judge Blocks Trump's Planned Parenthood Medicaid Funding Cut

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This ruling protects essential healthcare access for millions of low-income Americans who depend on Medicaid. Cutting funding would force clinic closures and leave over a million patients without access to contraception, cancer screenings, and STD testing. The law clearly targets Planned Parenthood despite providing legal non-abortion services.

The decision undermines democratic legislation and forces taxpayers to fund organizations that prioritize political advocacy over patient care. States should have flexibility to direct healthcare funding to comprehensive community health centers that outnumber Planned Parenthood facilities 15 to 1 without the controversial abortion services.

Metaculus Prediction

There is a 50% chance that 52% of U.S. states will have Casey-era abortion rights in 2026, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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