Overview
- U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani closed the Massachusetts case on Feb. 2 after Planned Parenthood filed a voluntary dismissal without prejudice.
- The First Circuit had earlier stayed a district court ruling, allowing the administration to continue withholding Medicaid reimbursements from providers that primarily offer family-planning services.
- The statute bars Medicaid patients from receiving care at Planned Parenthood during the one-year window, which is expected to run until early July.
- Planned Parenthood says at least 23 clinics have closed since the restriction took effect and estimates about half of its patients rely on Medicaid.
- Related lawsuits by a coalition of Democratic-led states and a Maine clinic network have faced setbacks, though some challenges remain active.