Photo Credit: Unsplash/ Elyssa DeDiosAn appeals court panel has upheld the Trump administration’s authority to prevent Planned Parenthood Federation of America from obtaining Medicaid funds, overturning a previous lower court ruling. A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued an order against two injunctions that had been issued by a district court, which had temporarily blocked the defunding of Planned Parenthood. “We denied without prejudice as premature the defendants' motion to stay the injunctions pending the disposition of those appeals, while a motion for similar relief was pending in the district court,” read the order. “Planned Parenthood is quickly running out of friends in high and dark places, and we praise God for it,” he said in a statement. A lawsuit was filed in response to this legislation by the national Planned Parenthood organization, as well as Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and Planned Parenthood Association of Utah.