The Supreme Court thought it put an end to runaway nationwide court orders. One pen stroke shouldn’t freeze a president’s agenda. But Planned Parenthood just showed how easy it is to slip through that net. This week, a federal judge in Massachusetts issued a narrow injunction just for Planned Parenthood. It stopped Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” from cutting off Medicaid funding. All this happened despite the Supreme Court ruling that was supposed to stop judges from blocking federal laws for everyone, everywhere.
Your Tax Dollars Can Still fund Planned Parenthood, Forget About The Big Beautiful Bill
A judge on Monday temporarily barred the Trump administration from revoking Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, partially freezing a provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act just days after President Trump signed it into law.
The temporary restraining order by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani lasts 14 days and directs the Department of Health and Human Services to “take all steps necessary to ensure that Medicaid funding continues to be disbursed” to Planned Parenthood. The ruling, which came after a lawsuit from Planned Parenthood, doesn’t apply to any other health care providers.
The lawsuit takes aim at a portion of Mr. Trump’s signature domestic policy bill that would cut off any federal Medicaid funding to groups “primarily engaged in family planning services, reproductive health, and related medical care” that provide abortions. – CBS News
Let’s Translate ‘Family Planning’ for Normal People
My Stars-and-Stripes Reality Check: So let me get this straight. If you’re primarily engaged in family planning, reproductive health, and related medical care, but what you’re really doing is ending pregnancies by the hundreds of thousands, you still deserve a direct pipeline to taxpayer money?
Liberals love to scream about keeping the government out of their wombs. But when it comes time to pay the bills, suddenly Uncle Sam better show up with a fat Medicaid check or else it’s an attack on health care.
Sorry, but normal people don’t need a federal judge to rescue their business model. Not just so they can keep harvesting parts, shipping invoices to Medicaid, and slapping the word health care on it. Maybe Planned Parenthood should try a new slogan: Your tax dollars. Our baby parts. Forever.
If your entire empire collapses the second you stop getting federal dollars to perform abortions, maybe your mission was never about women’s health in the first place.
And that, my fellow Americanists, is exactly why Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ was written — to remind D.C. that our tax dollars shouldn’t prop up an industry built on ending innocent lives.
Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Took Aim at Planned Parenthood
President Trump’s landmark “Big Beautiful Bill,” the centerpiece of his second-term agenda, bans Medicaid dollars for providers “primarily engaged in family planning” that also perform abortions. In other words, it’s aimed squarely at Planned Parenthood. The new law could strip funding for basic health services like cancer screenings, birth control, and STI testing for millions of Medicaid patients if it survives court challenges.
The Supreme Court Limited Nationwide Injunctions — Or Did It?
Just last month, the Supreme Court ruled that lower courts can’t issue broad nationwide injunctions that stop federal laws or executive orders for everyone, even people who never joined the lawsuit. From now on, district judges are supposed to tailor their orders to protect only the actual plaintiffs. The goal was to prevent single judges from blocking entire presidential policies. But that ruling left open a giant loophole.
No provision in the United States Constitution states that American taxpayers are obligated to fund Planned Parenthood.
However, Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 grants Congress the power of the purse.
This federal judge should study that sacred document before issuing any… https://t.co/WU468CSeKb
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) July 7, 2025
The Planned Parenthood Loophole — Targeted Injunctions Still Work
This week, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani used that very loophole to keep Planned Parenthood’s clinics funded. Instead of halting the law nationwide, she issued a temporary injunction that applies only to Planned Parenthood, the named plaintiff in the case. No broad block, no sweeping nationwide order, just a plaintiff-only shield that buys time for over 200 clinics and more than a million patients.
Why the Planned Parenthood Injunction Matters After the Supreme Court Ruling
This ruling is a blueprint for how activist groups like Planned Parenthood keep their funding even when Congress tries to cut it.
It shows that targeted injunctions are now the new weapon of choice.
Big, sweeping bills like Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” make big, easy targets for well-prepared lawsuits.
The Supreme Court may have stopped nationwide orders, but it didn’t stop judges from protecting big, powerful plaintiffs, one lawsuit at a time.
The Supreme Court’s ruling may have clipped the wings of runaway courts, but Planned Parenthood’s legal team just proved there’s always another way to keep taxpayer dollars flowing. The fight over Medicaid funding is far from over, and with more lawsuits brewing, Trump’s biggest legislative win could be tied up in court for years.
Talwani’s Repeat Performance
Judge Indira Talwani isn’t a one-off obstacle to Trump’s agenda. Just weeks before she issued this narrow Planned Parenthood injunction, the very same judge stepped in to halt Trump’s attempt to roll back Biden-era immigration programs. In late May, Talwani blocked a move to suspend parole-based work and stay protections for roughly half a million migrants from countries like Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Ukraine, and Afghanistan. She ruled that the administration’s pause was arbitrary and capricious and ordered the Department of Homeland Security to reverse course.
So this isn’t about judicial overreach; it’s about Talwani consistently using her authority to protect individuals and institutions from sweeping executive actions. And yes, that includes both immigrant families relying on humanitarian parole and clinics catering to some of the most vulnerable Medicaid patients. Whether you cheer or jeer, this judge has proven she’s ready to step into the Breach—time and again.
You’d think these leftist activist judges are polishing their résumés for a future Supreme Court gig because if the Democrats ever grab power again and shove through court packing, these are exactly the folks they’ll promote.
At the end of the day, this is bigger than Planned Parenthood. It is about whether we still live in a country where the people’s elected leaders get to decide where our money goes or whether a single judge and a well-lawyered special interest get to override the will of millions. The Supreme Court tried to rein in this game but as long as there is a loophole, the baby parts business will find it.
And does it remind you of why we broke away from Great Britain in the first place? Taxation without representation. Back then it was a king across the ocean. Today it is unelected judges and activist groups who think your hard-earned dollars should bankroll what you never agreed to fund. That was worth a revolution once. It is worth fighting for now.
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