Appeals court allows White House cuts to Planned Parenthood in multiple states

Dec 31, 2025 / 14:30 pm

Here’s a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news:

Appeals court will allow government cuts to Planned Parenthoods

A federal appeals court will allow federal funding cuts to Planned Parenthoods that provide abortion, permitting a key Trump administration policy to go forward after a lower court blocked it.

The Dec. 30 ruling held that the federal government had likely not exceeded its authority when it ordered Medicaid funding cuts to certain nonprofit groups that perform abortions, many of which constituted Planned Parenthoods.

The suit against the Trump administration was brought by nearly two dozen states. The policy had originally been passed in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Louisiana sues to block abortion pill mailing rule

The Louisiana government is suing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to block a Biden-era rule allowing for the mailing of abortion pills.

State Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office announced the lawsuit against the FDA, with Murrill arguing that “unfettered and unsupervised access to these pills is dangerous.”

A 2023 policy from the Biden administration had allowed for the “dispensing of mifepristone through the mail ... or through a mail-order pharmacy,” part of the White House’s efforts to increase abortion access after the 2022 repeal of Roe v. Wade.

A hearing for the lawsuit is set for Feb. 24.

Veterans department institutes ‘near-total’ abortion ban

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has instituted a near-total abortion ban in its facilities following guidance from the Department of Justice.

The Trump administration had proposed the rule change first in August, moving to prohibit medical centers operated by the veterans department from performing both surgical and chemical abortions in most cases and from providing counseling that encourages abortion.

Department spokesman Pete Kasperowicz told the Military Times on Dec. 29 that the ban was officially in effect after guidance from the U.S. Department of Justice.

The veterans department was “complying ... immediately” with the Justice Department’s directive, Kasperowicz said.