{"id":2509969,"date":"2025-11-12T22:39:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T03:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-grapples-with-targeting-allegations-in-abortion-provider-medicaid-case\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T22:39:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T03:39:45","slug":"court-grapples-with-targeting-allegations-in-abortion-provider-medicaid-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-grapples-with-targeting-allegations-in-abortion-provider-medicaid-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Court grapples with &#8216;targeting&#8217; allegations in abortion provider Medicaid case"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcourt-grapples-with-targeting-allegations-in-abortion-provider-medicaid-case%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2509969&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a legal challenge concerning a provision of the One Big Lovely Bill (OBBB) that prohibits Medicaid reimbursements to healthcare providers receiving over $800,000 annually from Medicaid if thay also offer abortion services. This provision was blocked by a lower court, and the Justice Department appealed the ruling before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, a court known for decisions frequently overturned by the Supreme Court in cases related to former President Trump&#8217;s policies.<\/p>\n<p>During the appeal,the Department of Justice argued that the law does not specifically or unconstitutionally target Planned Parenthood,which brought the lawsuit,and suggested that policy concerns should be addressed through Congress,not courts.Conversely, Planned Parenthood&#8217;s lawyer contended that the provision effectively targets them under the guise of going after &#8220;Big Abortion.&#8221; The judges expressed doubts about both sides&#8217; arguments and questioned the impact on Planned Parenthood affiliates that do not perform abortions.<\/p>\n<p>The First Circuit is significant as a venue for lawsuits challenging Trump-era policies, frequently enough issuing rulings favorable to such challenges that have repeatedly been stayed by the Supreme Court. Recently,the Supreme Court has granted multiple requests from the Trump administration to lift injunctions issued by the First Circuit in related cases,reinforcing the ongoing legal struggle over abortion-related policies and Medicaid funding.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Appeals court overruled by Supreme Court on all its Trump cases weighs OBBB abortion challenge<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2397818\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">The provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill preventing&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/medicaid\/\">Medicaid<\/a>&nbsp;reimbursements to&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\">abortion<\/a>&nbsp;providers was at the center of arguments on Wednesday at a federal&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/appeals-courts\/\">appeals court,<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;which has regularly had its rulings in Trump policy cases halted by the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>The three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, all of whom were appointed to the court by former President Joe Biden, heard an appeal by the Justice Department of a lower court&rsquo;s order <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3483927\/judge-blocks-trump-planned-parenthood-defunding\/\">blocking the provision<\/a> of the law that prevents Medicaid reimbursements for healthcare providers that receive more than $800,000 annually in funds from the program and that also provide abortion services.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3885334\/chinese-scientist-fungus-smuggling-case\/\">Chinese scientist to be deported after pleading guilty in fungus smuggling case<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3885090\/fbi-newsom-chief-of-staff-public-corruption\/\">FBI arrests former Newsom chief of staff on public corruption charges<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3884954\/appeals-court-families-survivors-sue-saudi-arabia-naval-air-base-attack\/\">Appeals court allows families to sue Saudi Arabia over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-allows-families-to-sue-saudi-arabia-over-naval-air-base-attack\/\" title=\"... allows families to ... over naval air base attack\u00a0\">naval air base attack&#038;nbsp<\/a>;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The appeals court <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3804310\/appeals-court-lifts-block-of-planned-parenthood-defunding-in-one-big-beautiful-bill-act\/\">lifted the order pending appeal<\/a> in September, with arguments Wednesday centering on whether the law passed by Congress contained unconstitutional targeting of abortion providers &mdash; specifically, of Planned Parenthood, which filed the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>DOJ lawyer Eric McArthur argued to the judges that the provision of the bill passed by Congress did not unlawfully target Planned Parenthood specifically, and that the issue should not be litigated in the courtroom but rather through the legislature.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s the fundamental problem with this lawsuit, is they have simply brought their claims to the wrong forum. This is only a one-year disqualification for the Medicaid program. So when this expires at the end of whatever it is, July 4 of next year, and Congress is looking at that question again, they&rsquo;re free to go to Congress and try to persuade their congressman,&rdquo; McArthur said.<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood lawyer Alan Schoenfeld argued to the court that the provision was an unlawful targeting by Congress of them with the provision.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What you don&rsquo;t hear members of Congress saying [is] &lsquo;we&rsquo;re going after abortion full stop.&rsquo; They say, &lsquo;we&rsquo;re going after Big Abortion,&rsquo; which is synonymous with Planned Parenthood, which the government doesn&rsquo;t dispute, or they simply say they&rsquo;re going after Planned Parenthood,&rdquo; Schoenfeld told the judges.<\/p>\n<p>The judges appeared skeptical of both sides&rsquo; arguments, also grappling with whether Planned Parenthood affiliates that do not perform abortions would be affected by the law. McArthur said the Department of Health and Human Services was still writing guidance on who the provision affects.<\/p>\n<p>The First Circuit serves as the place for appeals from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, among other lower courts, which has been a popular venue for opponents of President Donald Trump to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-racial-equity-order-threatens-the-meritocracy-that-makes-our-military-great\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s \u2018Racial Equity\u2019 Order Threatens The Meritocracy That Makes Our Military Great\">file lawsuits challenging<\/a> his policies and orders. The District of Massachusetts and the First Circuit both have benches composed predominantly of judges appointed by Democrats.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3804310\/appeals-court-lifts-block-of-planned-parenthood-defunding-in-one-big-beautiful-bill-act\/\">APPEALS COURT LIFTS BLOCK OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD DEFUNDING IN ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The high court has granted every request by the Trump administration to halt injunctions out of the First Circuit since January.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent Trump win over the First Circuit came last week when the high court <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3878384\/supreme-court-hands-trump-a-win-on-passport-biological-sex-rule\/\">lifted a block<\/a> on a policy mandating that biological sex, as opposed to gender identity, be listed on a person&rsquo;s U.S. passport. The First Circuit&rsquo;s decision to allow a lower court&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >order moving child nutrition funds<\/a> to SNAP was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3883555\/supreme-court-child-nutrition-funds-snap-extension\/\">temporarily blocked<\/a> by the Supreme Court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Appeals court reviews OBBB abortion Medicaid rule amid Trump case history<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2509970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25254841857230-1.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[66997,4733,66996],"class_list":["post-2509969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-abortion-provider","tag-court","tag-targeting-allegations"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25254841857230-1.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2509969"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2509973,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509969\/revisions\/2509973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2509970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2509969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2509969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2509969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}