Federal court confirms Trump can defund Planned Parenthood, overriding pro-abortion judge again
Obama-appointed Judge Indira Talwani has tried several times to stop the temporary defunding of Planned Parenthood.
Matt
Lamb
Fri Jan 2, 2026 - 11:12 am EST
(LifeSiteNews) — An Obama-appointed federal judge has once again been rebuked for her attempts to stop a federal law, signed by President Donald Trump, that generally defunds Planned Parenthood and some other abortion vendors.
Since July, District Judge Indira Talwani has tried several times to stop the temporary defunding of abortion giant Planned Parenthood. The requirement is provided for in the July “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” signed by Trump. However, the Massachusetts judge is regularly reversed by other judges, even those appointed by Democrats.
Talwani’s latest act of judicial activism hit a roadblock earlier this week when the First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed another injunction the activist judge issued against the law on behalf of 22 states.
“A three-judge panel of the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at the administration’s request put on hold an injunction issued by [Talwani] who barred the law from being enforced in 22 states and the District of Columbia,” Reuters reported on Dec. 30.
“It marked the latest instance of the appeals court lifting an order by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani preventing the law from being implemented, after the 1st Circuit on Dec. 12 overturned a ruling she issued in another case brought by Planned Parenthood declaring that the law violated the Constitution,” the news wire service noted.
All the judges that rebuked Talwani earlier this week were appointed by Democrats, Reuters reported.
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