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US judge blocks Trump’s effort to defund reproductive health organisation

Flags of the United States and the US state of Missouri fly outside Planned Parenthood in St Louis, Missouri, the US, on June 24, 2022 [Jeff Roberson/AP Photo]

A United States federal judge has ruled against President Donald Trump’s effort to defund Planned Parenthood, a reproductive health services organisation that has long attracted conservative ire.

In a decision on Monday, US District Judge Indira Talwani ruled that Planned Parenthood clinics must continue to receive reimbursements for Medicaid, a government health programme for the poor.

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