The judge found the law likely violated the US Constitution by targeting Planned Parenthood's health centers specifically for punishment for providing abortions.

The court issued an injunction shielding ten Planned Parenthood affiliates from a provision in the budget bill to cut off funding for Medicaid contracting for poor women.

Planned Parenthood clinics around the country will continue to be reimbursed for non-abortion services through Medicaid, a federal judge ruled.