US Appeals Court Allows Trump to Cut Medicaid Funds to Planned Parenthood in Democratic States. A U.S. appeals court has allowed the Trump administration to enforce a controversial provision cutting Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood clinics that provide abortion services in several Democratic-led states. The ruling pauses a lower-court order that had blocked the measure in 22 states and Washington, D.C., marking another legal win for the administration. The provision is part of Trump's sweeping tax and domestic policy law passed by Congress earlier this year. The law bars Medicaid funding for certain nonprofit health providers that perform abortions and received more than $800,000 in Medicaid payments in 2023. Planned Parenthood says the policy has already forced at least 20 of its clinics to close nationwide. Democratic state officials criticized the decision but vowed to keep fighting while the appeals court said the administration is likely to prevail, noting Congress has the authority to change Medicaid funding rules.