A federal judge in #Maine declined on Monday to block the #government from stripping #Medicaid #funding from one of Maine’s largest #abortion providers, finding that to do so would override “the will of the people as expressed by Congress.”

At issue is a provision of the tax & spending bill Congress passed in July that would deny abortion providers Medicaid funding even for #health services other than performing abortions.

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