A legal showdown is underway over a part of U.S. President Donald Trump's tax and spending law. The legislation blocks abortion clinics that provide services, even if paid for privately, from receiving federal Medicaid funds for a year. 

But a federal judge has ruled the government cannot stop the payments.

CGTN’s Ediz Tiyansan reports.

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