A federal judge on Monday granted a request from Planned Parenthood to temporarily block the Medicaid funding cuts included in the recent budget bill approved by Congress

H.R. 1 prohibits Medicaid payments for one year to nonprofit organizations that provide abortions and also received at least $800,000 in federal funding in 2023.

The new federal tax and spending package bars Medicaid reimbursements to an organization that’s already facing funding challenges