LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday that Arkansas can block Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, two years after the state ended its contract with the group over videos secretly recorded by an anti-abortion group.

In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated preliminary injunctions a federal judge issued preventing the state from suspending any Medicaid payments for services rendered to patients from Planned Parenthood. Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson ended the state’s Medicaid contract with the organization in 2015.

The court ruled the unnamed patients suing the state did not have the right to challenge the defunding decision.

US District Judge Kristine Baker initially ordered the state to continue the payments to three patients who had sued over the move and later expanded that order to anyone who seeks or wants to obtain services from the organization’s health centers in Arkansas.

Planned Parenthood said it’s evaluating options for challenging the appeals court’s decision. The ruling does not take effect until the court issues its mandate in about one to two weeks, and Planned Parenthood said it’s still serving Medicaid patients in Arkansas.

‘‘We will do everything in our power to protect our patients’ access to birth control, cancer screenings, and other lifesaving care,’’ Dr. Raegan McDonald-Mosley, chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement. ‘‘Extreme politicians are trying to defund and shut down Planned Parenthood — and this is not what Americans want.’’

The attorney general’s office did not immediately have comment on Wednesday’s ruling. The state has said Planned Parenthood received $51,000 in Medicaid funds in the fiscal year before Hutchinson’s decision to terminate the contract. None of the money paid for abortions. Planned Parenthood operates health centers in Fayetteville and in Little Rock.

Republican lawmakers and governors around the country targeted the organization after several videos were released by the antiabortion Center for Medical Progress. The center said the videos showed that Planned Parenthood illegally sells fetal tissue for profit. Planned Parenthood said the videos were heavily edited and denied seeking any payments beyond legally permitted reimbursement of costs. A Texas grand jury that looked into the videos cleared Planned Parenthood of misusing fetal tissue.