BOSTON (BP) — The federal judge who issued a temporary restraining order blocking the portion of Congress’ “Big Beautiful Bill” that removes federal funds from abortion providers has doubled down, issuing a revised order on Friday, July 11.

The Trump administration had asked U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani to dissolve her initial July 7 order, calling it “highly unusual” and claiming she had not provided any explanation for her ruling.

Talwani did dissolve the initial ruling last Friday and issued a new one, in which she claims that she believes Planned Parenthood is likely to succeed in its efforts to show the law is unconstitutional. The nation’s largest abortion provider claims that the removal of funds affects even its clinics that don’t provide abortions, which violates those clinics’ First Amendment guarantee of freedom of association. That is, their association with the larger Planned Parenthood organization would result in a loss of funds, even though the clinics in question do not perform abortions.

Talwani’s ruling, however, requires funds to continue being disbursed to all Planned Parenthood facilities, not just those whose First Amendment rights are in question.

After the judge’s initial ruling last week, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) Chief of Staff Milles Mullin said such a fight was not unexpected.

“Planned Parenthood is not going to quietly acquiesce to losing nearly $2 million a day in taxpayer dollars that funded its diabolical efforts prior to the passage of the Big Beautiful Bill,” Mullin said.

A hearing in the case is scheduled for July 21.