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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kelly Rissman and Ariana Baio

Trump’s megabill aimed at abortion providers gets court win in Maine – but gender-affirming care is also at stake

A network of clinics across Maine that got swept up in President Donald Trump’s megabill’s defunding provision will not receive Medicaid funding to treat thousands of low-income patients as the lawsuit proceeds in court, a federal judge ruled on Monday

Maine Family Planning, a nonprofit that offers primary and reproductive health care in 18 clinics across the state, was unable to receive Medicaid funding because Trump’s bill, known as the “One big beautiful bill,” blocked money from flowing to abortion providers.

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