The planned parenting clinic at Salt Lake City, Utah is in the photo on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 (photo of McKenzie Romero/Utah News Dispatch)
Governor Josh Shapiro signed a lawsuit that the federal government illegally blocks medicaid funds from going to planned parenting and associated healthcare providers.
The spokesman focuses on assurance Recently skilled mega Bill who introduces many national policy priorities of President Donald Trump. It prohibits Medicaid financing from providing Non -Pro -ProFOFITA “primarily involved in family planning services, reproductive health and related medical care”, which received at least USD 800,000 in Medicaid funds in 2023, as well as their entities associated for one year.
Complaint He claims that the criteria are narrow enough to address the clinics of planned parenting, effectively punishing the reproductive health care operator for supporting abortion rights. This calls a violation of the rights to the first amendment of the organization and claims that it harms Medicaid recipients who employ the services of their clinics.
Planned parenting is the largest single provider of abortion in the country. But it is also the main supplier of reproductive healthcare Over 2 million patients.
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IN post On the social media platform, X Shapiro said that the provision “is tearing health care from thousands of Pennsylvania.”
He added: “This unconstitutional decision threatens to close important healthcare centers and refuse Pennsylvanians necessary, caring for cancer, such as screening and cancer prevention, family planning services and prenatal and postpartum care.”
Today I am suing Trump’s administration next to 22 other states to stop them from unlawful separation of planned parenting, which will detach the health care of thousands of Pennsylvania.
This unconstitutional decision threatens to close essential healthcare centers and refuse …
– Governor Josh Shapiro (@GoVrorshapiro) July 29, 2025
The complaint was lodged at the American District Court in Massachusetts on Tuesday and lists the American Department of Health and Social Welfare (HHS), Secretary for Health and Social Welfare Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and his current leader, former candidate for Senate Penate, Dr Mehmet, Dr. Oz.
He was signed by the Prosecutor General in 21 other states and Washington. Shapiro is the only signatory to the function of the governor or outside the office of the Prosecutor General.
All signatories are democrats or work in offices managed by Democrats.
Andrew Nixon, spokesman for HHS, said Capital-Star in a statement: “States should not be forced to finance organizations that have chosen political support in the patient’s care. It is a pity that these generals of the Democrats lawyer [sic] Try to undermine the state’s flexibility and disregard long -term concerns about responsibility. “
The organization has the support and political arm called the Fund of Planned Parents, which supports political candidates.
Shapiro spokesman refused to answer specific questions about why Shapiro, and not the Republican Prosecutor General Dave Sunday, signed a lawsuit.
Sunday spokesman did not answer the request for comment before the publication.
Federal law already prevents the employ of federal funds to cover abortion, except for rape, incest or to save the mother’s life. Planned parenting could, however, receive federal funds for services such as STI controls, cancer research and other reproductive health services.
Medicaid is a program financed in cooperation with state and federal rule, but they administer programs individually.
Blocking federal funds before reaching planned parenting has long been the goal of right -wing activists and legislators. The complaint lodged on Tuesday cites a statement made by the marshal of the American House Mike Johnson (R-la.), In the fact that he would “like” to block the organization’s financing. “
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Earlier, attempts were made to direct the federal financing attempts, including 2007 effort Run by the then representative of Indiana Mike Pence (later Vice President Trump in 2017-2021) and Effort in 2017 directed by Republicans in Congress.
Trump’s first administration also tried to block federal funds before reaching the organization by using executive power.
Separate lawsuit for the same right submitted by planned parenting caused an order at the beginning of this weekEffectively blocking the federal government before enforcing the ban on financing MEDICID.
