Planned Parenthood has voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s decision to block Medicaid funding from organizations that provide abortions.
The abortion giant filed the lawsuit July 7, 2025, three days after President Donald Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” into law. The spending bill included a one-year ban on Medicaid funding for tax-exempt abortion providers that received more than $800,000 in Medicaid funds during fiscal year 2023. In its suit, Planned Parenthood argued the measure unfairly targeted its facilities.
In December 2025, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the administration could continue to withhold Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers while litigation proceeded.
Planned Parenthood formally moved to dismiss the case Jan. 30 in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts.
“The goal of this lawsuit has always been to help Planned Parenthood patients get the care they deserve from their trusted provider. Based on the 1st Circuit’s decision, it is clear that this lawsuit is no longer the best way to accomplish that goal,” the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, and Planned Parenthood Association of Utah said in a Jan. 30 statement.
Planned Parenthood said that 23 of its facilities have closed as a result of the bill. In 2025, more than 50 facilities closed across 18 states, mostly in the Midwest.
Attorney General Pam Bondi celebrated the withdrawal of the suit, calling it a “key legal win for the pro-life cause.”
This Department of Justice stands for LIFE. Yesterday, we secured a key legal win for the pro-life cause.
— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) February 3, 2026
Following strong arguments from our @DOJCivil attorneys, Planned Parenthood DROPPED its own lawsuit against pro-life provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill. Specifically,…
“Our legal team did an incredible job presenting the facts,” Bondi wrote on X Feb. 3. “Planned Parenthood might look for another path to pursue this meritless litigation, but they won’t find a viable one. We will continue fighting and winning in court to defend President Trump’s agenda — and we will continue fighting for life.”
Bondi’s remarks come days after the administration faced widespread backlash from pro-life leaders over the Department of Justice’s Jan. 27 decision to urge a federal judge to delay or dismiss a pro-life lawsuit seeking tighter restrictions on abortion pills.
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Pro-life groups welcomed Planned Parenthood’s decision to dismiss its lawsuit, however. Lila Rose, president of Live Action, called it a “Big win for taxpayers and preborn children” in a Feb. 3 X post.
BREAKING: Planned Parenthood drops lawsuit over the Medicaid defund of abortion. Big win for taxpayers and preborn children!
— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) February 3, 2026
20 blue states plus DC are still suing in Massachusetts to block the defund.
Congress can stop this.
Permanently defund Big Abortion!
Rose also noted that lawsuits from Democratic-led states remain active and urged Congress to permanently defund “Big Abortion.”
National Right to Life Committee President Carol Tobias said in a statement that the dismissal underscores the legal and moral case for ending taxpayer funding of abortion: “Taxpayer dollars should not be used to support organizations whose core mission includes ending innocent human life.”