What You Need to Know About the Judge Protecting Planned Parenthood’s Funding From One Big, Beautiful Bill
Fred Lucas | July 08, 2025
Fred Lucas is chief news correspondent and manager of the Investigative Reporting Project for The Daily Signal. He is the author of “The Myth of Voter Suppression: The Left’s Assault on Clean Elections.” Send an email to Fred.
The Massachusetts federal judge who temporarily secured taxpayer dollars for Planned Parenthood after the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” defunding of the nation’s largest abortion provider has a career steeped in progressive politics and controversial rulings.
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani of the District of Massachusetts imposed a temporary restraining order Monday directing the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure Medicaid funding continues to be disbursed to Planned Parenthood, which sued to restore its funding.
As a lawyer, Talwani represented organized labor unions, while as a judge she made left-leaning rulings on immigration policy, as well as a case involving transgender and free speech issues.
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Planned Parenthood reportedly receives more than one-third of its overall funding from the U.S. government through grants, contracts, and Medicaid reimbursements.
While various lower court federal judges have blocked several of President Donald Trump’s executive actions, blocking a provision of the OBBB legislation by a federal judge stands out in blocking an act of Congress, with the president’s signature.
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