Manifest Density

First Circuit Clears Trump to Strip Medicaid From Planned Parenthood

By Dr. Sebastian Thorne-Whitfield · August 12, 2026
Opinion

The First Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the Trump administration to strip Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood. Note: The post that set this story circulating described a ‘5th Circuit’ but the correct circuit is the First.

Planned Parenthood is the organization that will have its Medicaid funding stripped by the Trump administration.Governor Tom Wolf from Harrisburg, PA (CC BY 2.0) via Wikimedia Commons
Planned Parenthood is the organization that will have its Medicaid funding stripped by the Trump administration.
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