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Planned Parenthood CEO on blocking it from Medicaid funding

Season 2025 Episode 198 | 6m 43s

Since President Trump signed his sweeping domestic policy bill into law, a key provision that prevents Planned Parenthood clinics from receiving Medicaid funding has already been temporarily blocked by a federal judge. William Brangham discussed the legal challenge with Alexis McGill Johnson, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood.

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