Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against the Trump administration over sweeping cuts to Medicaid funding.
The cuts targeted nearly 600 Planned Parenthood clinics in 48 states by prohibiting Medicaid funds from being used to reimburse abortion providers. They were included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was signed by President Donald Trump last July. The anti-abortion provision lasts for one year.
The lawsuit was quietly dismissed on Friday before the news was widely reported on Monday.
“The goal of this lawsuit has always been to help Planned Parenthood patients get the care they deserve from their trusted provider,” Planned Parenthood said. “Based on the 1st Circuit’s decision, it is clear that this lawsuit is no longer the best way to accomplish that goal.”
The legal development comes after a federal appeals court halted a lower court’s ruling, effectively allowing the Trump administration to continue withholding Medicaid reimbursements from abortion providers as litigation proceeded in court.
The Washington Examiner contacted the Department of Health and Human Services, one of the three defendants, for comment amid the partial government shutdown.
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Planned Parenthood said roughly 50 of its locations have been forced to close since the Medicaid restriction took effect last summer. About half of all Planned Parenthood patients rely on Medicaid to cover their elective abortion services.
Two other lawsuits filed since July have faced similar obstacles. One suit filed by more than 20 Democrat-led states was dealt a setback when the same appeals court sided with the Trump administration, and the second, filed by a Maine network of medical clinics, was voluntarily dismissed.
