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#planned-parenthood

Just over seven months after Planned Parenthood affiliates were defunded by the Trump administration, California injected another $90 million lifeline in reproductive health care grants to the state's seven affiliates, among the largest in the United States. The latest funding comes as a result of legislation, Senate Bill 106, passed by state lawmakers and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Feb. 11. Since last fall, California has provided $235 million to the state's seven Planned Parenthood affiliates with Planned Parenthood of Orange County and San Bernardino counted as among one of the largest in the nation as measured in patient volume. The affiliate serves more than 130,000 patients annually across nine health centers in both counties.

Since August, Hanaway has apparently been waging a "subpoena campaign" on the organization, and has served (or attempted to serve) five court orders to doctors, providers, and healthcare executives in clinics across the state in an effort to enforce Missouri's near-total abortion ban. In November, Missourians voted to pass Amendment 3, which was meant to overturn the state's near-total abortion ban and codify the right to abortion until fetal viability in the state constitution.

We planned to work for a few years, then start a family. And we did. It was a gigantic change to plan how many children to have. Today, you can get birth control pills over the counter. Trust Women has been the motto of Planned Parenthood, and I volunteered with them for more than 20 years. But today, women are still fighting to retain contraceptive rights.

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.

In voting for the bill, Sen. Lisa Murkowski expressed that it was 'agonizing' and that she 'struggled mightily', despite claiming to support pro-choice policies.

The Trump administration has made repeated cuts targeting Planned Parenthood's clinics, excluding the group from the vast Title X family planning program.

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.

Planned Parenthood Arizona reinstated gender affirming care after a brief pause, ensuring continued access amidst concerns over federal guidelines affecting Medicaid services.

The breach involved malicious actors accessing and removing files from the LSC network, potentially compromising a significant range of personal and clinical information.