No sooner had President Donald Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) into law than the activist, litigious left sprang into action and ran to a reliably left-leaning district court seeking to thwart the law’s provision that would (by definition) prevent Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid reimbursement for its services. That their endeavor was successful was hardly shocking. That it was successful beyond what they even requested had the jaws of legal analysts agape.
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On Monday, just hours after the suit was filed and before the government had even had an opportunity to weigh in, Massachusetts District Court Judge Indira Talwani issued a brief (2-page) temporary restraining order (TRO) enjoining the Trump administration from enforcing the provision of the law in question, requiring them to ensure that Medicaid funding of Planned Parenthood continue “in the customary manner,” and requiring a status report from the administration within