An appeals court convened Wednesday to hear arguments on whether the federal government can restrict Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood under a section of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The law targets reproductive healthcare organizations that perform abortions, limiting their eligibility for Medicaid reimbursements.

Driving the news: : A lower court in Massachusetts ruled in July that this provision unlawfully targeted Planned Parenthood and violated its constitutional rights, including First Amendment protections. The court noted not all Planned Parenthood member organizations provide elective abortions. • Planned Parenthood argued that the bill is the “culmination of a decade-long effort to unlawfully target and punish” it and described the act as a bill of attainder that punish

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