The government's removal of Medicaid funding has led to five Planned Parenthood clinics in California closing due to unsustainable financial strains, impacting low-income women's healthcare access.
We really feel like we are in the fight of our life," said Stacy Cross, president and CEO Planned Parenthood Mar Monte. The organization is closing five health centers and cutting crucial services, impacting over 22,000 low-income patients.
Moderate Republicans in the House are lobbying to protect federal funding for Planned Parenthood, which poses a challenge to anti-abortion advocates seeking funding bans.