- Docket No.
- 25-1755
- Appellate Court
- First Circuit
Goal
- Block enforcement of a law
- Declaration that a law is unlawful
Issues
Case History
Litigation Content
Why This Matters:
The plaintiffs challenge a provision in the recently enacted reconciliation legislation prohibiting any health centers associated with Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid reimbursement for one year as violating the First Amendment, Equal Protection Clause and Bill of Attainder Clause of the Constitution. Planned Parenthood’s clinics provide access to care for many clinically underserved and low-income populations, and this provision could force clinics to close or reduce their service areas, eroding access to maternal health care and other non-abortion services. This appeal addresses whether the district court erred in granting the plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction.
Potential Impact:
Terminating funding could force Planned Parenthood to close centers and eliminate essential services, which would leave countless individuals without necessary access to sexual and reproductive health care, as well as general preventive health services.
48 Major Filings
- AMICUS BRIEF [AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS ET AL.] (Oct 20, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [CONNECTICUT ET AL.] (Oct 20, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [THE LAWYERING PROJECT] (Oct 16, 2025)
- CORRECTED AMICUS BRIEF [NATIONAL HEALTH LAW PROGRAM ET AL.] (Oct 15, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ET AL.] (Oct 14, 2025)
- ORDER ON MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME (Oct 14, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' RESPONSE TO MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME (Oct 14, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [AMERICA'S FUTURE ET AL.] (Oct 14, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [ADVANCING AMERICAN FREEDOM ET AL.] (Oct 14, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [NATIONAL HEALTH LAW PROGRAM ET AL.] (Oct 14, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME (Oct 14, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [CENTER FOR MEDICAL PROGRESS ET AL.] (Oct 14, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [LANDMARK LEGAL FOUNDATION] (Oct 14, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' RESPONSE BRIEF (Oct 13, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [AMERICA'S FUTURE ET AL.] (Oct 3, 2025)
- JOINT STATUS REPORT (Oct 3, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [CENTER FOR MEDICAL PROGRESS ET AL.] (Oct 3, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [ADVANCING AMERICAN FREEDOM, INC. ET AL.] (Oct 3, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [LANDMARK LEGAL FOUNDATION] (Oct 3, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW & JUSTICE] (Oct 3, 2025)
- ORDER ON MOTION FOR STAY (Oct 2, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS RESPONSE TO MOTION FOR STAY (Oct 1, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR STAY (Oct 1, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' OPENING BRIEF (Sep 29, 2025)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Sep 23, 2025)
- ORDER ON MOTION FOR STAY AND SCHEDULING ORDER (Sep 18, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF (STATE OF LOUISIANA) (Sep 17, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' RESPONSE RE: MOTION TO RECONSIDER (Sep 17, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' RESPONSE TO MOTION TO RECONSIDER STAY (Sep 17, 2025)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Sep 16, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO RECONSIDER STAY (Sep 16, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW & JUSTICE] (Sep 11, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [LOUISIANA] (Sep 11, 2025)
- ORDER ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO STAY (Sep 11, 2025)
- ORDER (Sep 8, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' REPLY RE: MOTION FOR STAY (Sep 5, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' RESPONSE TO MOTION FOR STAY (Sep 3, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW & JUSTICE] (Sep 3, 2025)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Aug 28, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR STAY (Aug 28, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF (American Center for Law and Justice) (Aug 26, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF OF THE AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW & JUSTICE IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS’ MOTION TO STAY (Aug 20, 2025)
- APPELLANT’S BRIEFING NOTICE (Aug 19, 2025)
- ORDER OF COURT (Aug 19, 2025)
- REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR STAY PENDING APPEAL (Aug 15, 2025)
- OPPOSITION TO MOTION FOR STAY PENDING APPEAL (Aug 14, 2025)
- MOTION FOR STAY PENDING APPEAL (Aug 11, 2025)
- NOTICE OF APPEAL (Aug 6, 2025)