"California lawmakers will consider bolstering funding for Planned Parenthood and other providers of reproductive health with a one-time infusion of $90 million, leaders of the state Legislature announced Friday. Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Hollister) and Senate President Monique Limón (D-Goleta) said the money would give grants to providers that were affected by recent federal cuts passed by President Trump and the Republican-led Congress that targeted abortion providers. The funding is included in a proposed bill being considered by state lawmakers."
""Trump and his Republican enablers have waged an all-out assault on women - attacking abortion access, family-planning and reproductive health," Rivas said in a Friday statement. "Outrage alone won't stop it. When Trump strips funding, California will continue to act." The Republican-backed "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," signed last year by Trump, prohibited federal Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood. California and a coalition of other Democrat-led states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration last year over the provision."
California lawmakers proposed a one-time $90 million fund to support Planned Parenthood and other reproductive health providers affected by recent federal Medicaid cuts. Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas and Senate President Monique Limón said the funding would be distributed as grants to providers that lost reimbursements after the federal provision targeted abortion providers. The Republican-backed "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," signed last year, prohibited federal Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood. California and a coalition of Democrat-led states filed a lawsuit challenging the provision. More than 80 percent of nearly 1.3 million annual Planned Parenthood patient visits in California were previously reimbursed by Medi-Cal.
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