Warnings re Medicaid Planned Parenthood

Progressive Women’s Coalition Condemns Cuts to Medicaid and Planned Parenthood, Warns of Uncertain Funding

LANSING, Mich., Sept. 16, 2025 — Last week, a U.S. Court of Appeals panel permitted the Trump administration to block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood. The decision comes just two months after a federal court ordered that Planned Parenthood clinics must continue receiving Medicaid reimbursements.

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Legal challenges around the organization’s funding continue amid repeated Republican attacks and attempts to defund the organization, nearly half of whose patients rely on Medicaid. In response to continuing uncertainty around reproductive health care funding and access for Medicaid recipients, the Progressive Women’s Coalition issued the following statement:

“Less than two months after a federal court ruled that Medicaid reimbursement would continue for Planned Parenthood, that decision has now been overruled, jeopardizing critical reproductive care funding. Planned Parenthood provides tens of thousands of Michiganders with reproductive care and family planning services every year.

The Court of Appeals’ decision means that nearly half of the organization’s patients will no longer be able to afford necessary care, from contraception access to cancer screenings to STI testing.

“Millions of Americans are already set to be kicked off their insurance following a $1 trillion cut to Medicaid funding under the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill”. The ongoing uncertainty around funding only worsens the existing shortage of quality health care, putting our most vulnerable citizens at even greater risk.

This decision further underscores the importance of protecting the coverage that folks across Michigan rely on. People need care, and denying them that care helps no one. We must ensure people receive the support and treatment they deserve, not take away the critical funding that makes it possible.”