* Planned Parenthood of Illinois…

Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PPIL) and Planned Parenthood Illinois Action (PPIA) is proud to announce Adrienne White-Faines as the new President and CEO. White-Faines most recently was the Chief Strategy Officer for the American College of Physicians, the largest medical specialty society in the world, with over 161,000 Internal Medicine specialists and subspecialists. In September 2025, she replaces Tonya Tucker, Interim President and CEO who stepped into the role in February 2025 and who will be returning to her role as CFO. […]

White-Faines is a proven leader who recognizes the complexities of the evolving healthcare delivery environment. She has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of the American Osteopathic Association, and the Vice President and Chief Health Officer for the American Cancer Society’s Illinois Division. She began her healthcare career in strategic operations, and capital planning in academic medicine settings, including Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago); New York City Health and Hospitals Corp; LA County Hospital (Los Angeles) and large physician practice management companies in California and Illinois. […]

White-Faines experience as a healthcare strategy executive will be useful at this point in time. She brings a history of successfully implementing transformative collaborative initiatives such as statewide patient navigation systems, integration of a single accreditation system for Graduate Medical Education, and the ’Smoke Free Illinois’ Campaign, to name a few.

On a more personal note, White-Faines comes from a family with a strong generational commitment to Planned Parenthood. Her grandmother, mother and sister have served and collaborated with Planned Parenthoods since the 1960s from Indianapolis to Los Angeles. White-Faines herself, served on the Planned Parenthood of Chicago Board for 8 years and throughout her work in national health care advocacy, has collaborated often with the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

* On Monday, the New York Times reported most Planned Parenthood clinics have been cut off from Medicaid funding…

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Monday night that allowed only a fraction of Planned Parenthood health centers to receive Medicaid payments for services like birth control, annual checkups and tests for sexually transmitted diseases. While the judge is open to extending the injunction to cover more clinics, for now most of them are not covered by the order. […]

Judge Indira Talwani, of the Federal District Court in Massachusetts, said that in all, 10 affiliates were covered under her injunction, including Planned Parenthood Association of Utah, Planned Parenthood of Delaware, Planned Parenthood Greater Texas, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, and Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi. […]

Judge Talwani ruled on Monday that affiliates like the one in Utah that do not exceed the $800,000 revenue threshold should continue to receive Medicaid funding while the lawsuit makes its way through the courts. And she said that affiliates that are in states where abortion is illegal, and thus do not provide the procedure, should continue to receive Medicaid reimbursements as well.

Both sides in the dispute criticized the judge’s ruling. “We strongly disagree with the court’s decision,” said Andrew G. Nixon, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services. “States should not be forced to fund organizations that have chosen political advocacy over patient care.”

Planned Parenthood Federation of America said in a statement, “While we’re grateful that the court recognized the harm caused by this law, we’re disappointed that not all members were granted the necessary relief today.”

* The Tribune…

The injunction does not apply to Planned Parenthood of Illinois, the organization said Tuesday, meaning its Medicaid funding is still on the chopping block.

More than 40% of Planned Parenthood of Illinois’ patients – or nearly 30,000 people – are on Medicaid. The organization stands to lose about $4 million if it can’t get federal Medicaid dollars for a year.

“We continue to serve Medicaid patients and have contingency plans in place to temporarily cover the costs for patients,” Planned Parenthood of Illinois said in a statement this week. “We will continue to do this as long as possible.” […]

“Planned Parenthood is committed to continue to provide care,” White-Faines said. “We don’t have a choice and we will not to any degree possible leave patients in the wind. … We will have to look for alternative funding sources. We’ll have to dig deep in our philanthropy, but we’re going to have to work to find long-term sustainable solutions.”

…Adding… PPIL has said it would need $16 million annually to maintain its current service without Medicaid funding. I asked Governor JB Pritzker yesterday if he would commit to covering the funding gap…

Isabel: Washington’s governor has pledged to backfill the $11 million loss in federal funding For local Planned Parenthood in his state. Do you commit to helping fill that $16 million threshold that may be lost if you know it fails in the court and that money is taken away from Planned Parenthood Illinois?

Pritzker: I’ve been committed to preserving reproductive rights in the state. I don’t think there’s any governor that has done more to support reproductive rights and the security of that than I have. We’ll do everything that we can. We obviously have budget limitations in the state. But if you look back over the years that I’ve been in office, we have increased funding and support for clinics across the state for making sure that we’re protecting women’s rights in this state. And so I’ve not been reticent to use state dollars to protect people’s medical and health care needs. And so we’ll continue to look at that with regard to Planned Parenthood or any other organization.

Isabel: So that $16 million could come from the $100 million dollar fund that you have set aside?

Pritzker: The answer is-I think you know where my heart is. We’ve got to look at the budget and figure out whether there are things that we can do, you know, even more things that we can do to support a woman’s right to choose.

* More…

* AP | Planned Parenthood wins partial victory in legal fight with Trump administration over funding cuts: But U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston granted a preliminary injunction Monday that, for now, blocks the government from cutting Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood member organizations that either don’t provide abortion care or didn’t meet a threshold of at least $800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements in a given year. It wasn’t immediately clear how many Planned Parenthood organizations and clinics would continue to get Medicaid reimbursements under that decision and how many might not.

* Cal Matters | Planned Parenthood of California loses $300 million in federal funding under court order: California Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the state, lost all federal funding this week under a preliminary court order that allows the money to be withheld while a larger legal dispute plays out. Planned Parenthood Federation of America sued the Trump Administration on behalf of its members earlier in July over provisions of the congressional reconciliation bill — also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” — that prohibited Medicaid reimbursements for large nonprofit health clinics that provide abortions. The lawsuit argues that the law defunds Planned Parenthood’s services in violation of multiple constitutional amendments. The ruling, which left both parties dissatisfied, partly blocked the law from taking effect but only for a small fraction of Planned Parenthood organizations. None of California’s Planned Parenthood health centers are included.