Judge Indira Talwani was appointed by former President Barack Obama.
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A progressive federal judge blocked the Trump administration on Tuesday by issuing an order that thwarts the government from cutting funding allocated to go to organizations like Planned Parenthood, that terminates the lives of unborn children.
According to The Daily Wire, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, ruled that the Department of Health and Human Services cannot do away with Medicaid monies going toward Planned Parenthood. The judge sided with Democrat-led states, including California, that sued to keep Medicaid subsidies going to Planned Parenthood affiliates.
HHS failed “to provide clear notice as required by the Spending Clause of the United States Constitution” to the Democrat-led states, Talwani wrote. Medicaid funding for abortion-promoting entities was cut off for one year by a provision of the GOP-backed “Big, Beautiful Bill.”
Pro-life advocates criticized Talwani’s decision.
“The Democrats and their radical activist judges are desperately seeking to thwart the will of the people and bail out the Big Abortion industry, led by Planned Parenthood. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is federal law passed by Congress and signed by the president,” said SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser.
“This fight is not over. The pro-life movement will work tirelessly to ensure the Democrats do not prevail and taxpayers are never forced to pay a dime to prop up Big Abortion businesses,” Dannenfelser added.
Unbelievable! Can States sue to mandate that Congress fund Planned Parenthood? Judge Talwani says yes. She rejected Congress defunding Planned Parenthood in its own lawsuit. The liberal First Circuit stopped that order. Is it Groundhog Day? Appeal 2 coming! pic.twitter.com/fRjI4fDo2n
— Eric W. (@EWess92) December 2, 2025
With an unabashed history of progressive activism, Talwani has volunteered for and donated to well-known Democrat politicians, including Obama and Senator Elizabeth Warren. She donated a total of $1,725 to Democrat politicians and the Democratic Party, including $1,000 to former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), $350 to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and $100 to Obama. Talwani also gave another $275 to the Democratic National Committee.
In addition, Talwani volunteered to knock on doors for Obama in 2008 and volunteered to canvas on behalf of Elizabeth Warren in 2012, according to her Senate questionnaire. A staunch anti-Trumper, she has sided against the Trump administration in other rulings, including decisions to revoke Temporary Protected Status for half a million migrants, and a 2019 ruling said Immigration and Customs Enforcement was allowed to arrest illegal aliens on courthouse grounds in the state of Massachusetts.
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