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BREAKING: Obama Judge BLOCKS Big Beautiful Bill Provision that Defunds Planned Parenthood


The rogue judicial branch strikes again.

A federal judge has just blocked the provision in President Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ that would bar Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood.

Obama-appointed US District Judge Indira Talwani issued the temporary restraining order.

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Here’s the full order:

The ruling was made after a lawsuit from Planned Parenthood.

It’s the first legal challenge against any part of President Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ since it was signed into law on Friday.

The Hill reported:

It came just hours after Planned Parenthood sued over a provision that imposes a one-year ban on state Medicaid payments to health care nonprofits that also offer abortions and received more than $800,000 in federal funding in 2023.

Talwani’s ruling still allows the administration to enforce the provision against other providers, but Planned Parenthood says it comprises almost the entirety of the impacted entities.

The judge issued the decision before the government responded, providing no explanation beyond a brief note that Planned Parenthood had shown “good cause” for her to immediately intervene.

The ruling lasts two weeks, and the judge will rule on whether to grant a longer injunction following a July 21 hearing. Talwani is an appointee of former President Obama.

Stressing that federal law already bans federal funding for abortion, Planned Parenthood argues that the provision unconstitutionally singles out the organization, violates its equal protection rights and amounts to retaliation for Planned Parenthood’s protected speech.

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The group warned that it would have to make cuts if the judge did not immediately get involved.

“We’re grateful that the court acted swiftly to block this unconstitutional law attacking Planned Parenthood providers and patients,” the group said in a statement following her ruling.

This is utterly ridiculous.

By and large, the American people don’t want their tax dollars being used to fund the evil act of abortion.

That’s one reason many people voted for President Trump in the first place.

By blocking this provision, this judge isn’t just spitting in the face of the Trump administration or GOP, but the American people.

CBS News shared the White House’s response:

In response to the ruling, a White House official said, “The Trump Administration is ending the forced use of Federal taxpayer dollars to fund or promote elective abortion – a commonsense position that the overwhelming majority of Americans agree with.”

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This cannot be allowed to stand.

Judges do not make the law.

Many folks are calling for this judge and others like her to be impeached:

What are your thoughts?



 

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