Federal Judge Halts Trump-Backed Medicaid Cuts Targeting Planned Parenthood

A federal judge in Boston has issued a ruling that has effectively blocked a provision within President Trump’s policy bill that targeted the organization’s Medicaid funding. The judge found that the measure likely constituted retaliation, preventing the policy from being implemented. The provision in question, included in a bill signed by Trump in July, threatened to cut funding for Planned Parenthood clinics unless they curtailed certain services.