A US appeals court agreed on Tuesday to allow the Trump administration to strip Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood health centers in 22 states and Washington DC.

The order from the three-judge panel of the Boston-based first US circuit court of appeals puts on hold an injunction issued by US district judge Indira Talwani. Talwani’s injunction had blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a provision of its massive tax-and-spending bill that blocks Planned Parenthood from receiving reimbursements from Medicaid, the US government’s health insurance program for low-income people, in the 22 states.

The panel’s decision is only the latest legal volley in the months-long war over the Trump administration’s provision. The appeals court previously lifted another order by Talwani in a separate case, brought by Planned Parenthood, that had also blocked the measure’s enforcement.

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[–] 38 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Just a reminder for anyone who doesn't know it, the vast majority of Planned Parenthood's work is women's health, not abortions. But the right wing nutters are so hell bent on pushing their religious bullshit on everyone that they would prefer poor women die, or lose even more of a chance of moving out of poverty. Gilead as the goal.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    it also provides testing for std, and sometimes medication other than abortions.

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  • [–] 33 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    This will not end well for anyone affected. Republicans want a poor uneducated and desperate population and this will certainly help make more of it.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago

    Here’s my c/UnpopularOpinion response ….

    This looks right. While I totally disagree with this action, the court is ruling that it was done legally. Unlike so many other destructive actions of this administration, this was not unilateral nor was it stepping in the other branches of government. Congress voted to place conditions on funding.

    But that’s their job. And that’s how they’ve always worked. It was a legit process.

    By all means keep the focus on voting the fuckers out, but this is purely the Republican Congress. For once, it is not the fault of the executive branch nor the judicial branch nor was it an illegal action. Unethical of course. Harmful to constituents, all the way. Self-righteousness for usurping other people’s rights when they know they are above it, you betcha. But not illegal

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    [–] [S] 38 points 10 months ago (5 children)
  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    The Stupid Trump Disease consumes us all.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Got those letters the wrong way. It's TDS, Trump Derangement Syndrome, anyone who believes him at this point is insane.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I love republicans made up derrangement syndromes for their insanely idiotic frontmen. They did it with G Dubyuh Bush, too. I for one am proud to have the derangement syndrome and hope for no cure.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    In their case, "derangement" is the way that the Soviets would declare opposition to be "insane". Meaning, it's purely a political thing they've tried to weaponize against others.

    Donvict says or does some crazy unhinged thing, and normal people comment on it, as normal people are prone to doing? The actually insane cult member declares they have "TDS".

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  • [–] 28 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    So cool that one dickhead has been granted the authority of a king. Just sets policies for the nation and everyone has to suffer.

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  • [–] 15 points 10 months ago

    Its not just one dickhead, he just acts as a lightling rod for all the bad PR. This is a class war, the rich are consolidating power and stealing everything in sight. He is also enabled by the house and senate, they could end this anytime, but they choose not to.

    The only way this ends is to remove or very greatly reduce the influece the rich have over our government. Its a hard problem, civilizations have been fighting this problem since roman times.

    In the meantime, do everything you can to waste the time and money of rich people and large corporations. Once they have no money, they have no influence.

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  • [–] 18 points 10 months ago

    We can't rely on the courts to keep saving us from stupid legislation. This is a direct result of the big ugly bill.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago

    They are making America great again at being a shithole country.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I’m pretty sure they’re trying to intentionally impoverish white people to induce high birth rates because they’re that racist, stupid, and evil

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    You almost get this right: populist regimes rely on poor people's votes because poor people tend to be less educated, and less educated people tend vote for populist candidates.

    The Trump regime - but also the GOP in general - actively pursues policies that limit people's access to education because it's good for their electoral results - and having unwanted pregnancies, STDs, cervical cancers and spending all your money on healthcare most definitely prevent people from paying for college.

    That is, until Trump and his goons rig, disrupt or plain suspend free elections altogether over some made-up reason, which I'm 100% certain they'll attempt to do for the mid-terms.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    They don't just need votes. With the clear imperialist designs they have over the Western hemisphere, they want these people to have kids, lots of kids, because they know they're going to need bodies. The whole shit about Greenland and Canada and (probably) colonizing Venezuela, Cuba, and everywhere else in the Americas tells me they want a world war involving every country in the West.

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