Governor Josh Shapiro of Abington Township is again jointly suing the Trump administration, this time over discontinued Medicaid reimbursements to major family planning providers, including Planned Parenthood.
The provision blocks Medicaid funding from going to nonprofit health care providers “primarily engaged in family planning services, reproductive health, and related medical care” that received at least $800,000 in Medicaid funds in 2023 for one year, according to the filing.
The federal lawsuit was filed on Tuesday alongside 22 other states and argues that a policy in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” would jeopardize access to essential care like cancer screenings, birth control, treatment for sexually transmitted infections and prenatal care.
Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest single provider of abortions, is also suing the Trump administration over the provision. On Monday, a federal judge blocked the provision from being enforced, according to The New York Times.
Shapiro wrote the following on X:
Today, I’m suing the Trump Administration alongside 22 other states to stop them from unlawfully defunding Planned Parenthood, which will rip away healthcare from thousands of Pennsylvanians.
This unconstitutional decision threatens to close vital health care centers and deny…
— Governor Josh Shapiro (@GovernorShapiro) July 29, 2025
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the organization’s Southeastern Pennsylvania affiliate sees around 33,245 patients annually, a third of which are on Medicaid. Without Medicaid reimbursements, it would lose an estimated $3,136,000 annually, according to the fact sheet below:
“This is the most single most popular bill ever signed,” Trump said at the signing, adding that “it includes the largest tax cut in American history, the largest spending cut, $1.7 trillion.”
In Montgomery County, Planned Parenthoods exist at 1221 Powell Street in Norristown and 2081 E. High Street in Pottstown.
The lawsuit is below:
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