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Reproductive Freedom for All Applauds California’s Move to Protect Planned Parenthood and Safeguard Care in California

For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 23, 2025
Contact: [email protected]

Reproductive Freedom for All Applauds California’s Move to Protect Planned Parenthood and Safeguard Care in California

Washington, DC —  Today, Reproductive Freedom for All praised Governor Gavin Newsom for investing over $140 million in state funding to protect care at Planned Parenthood health centers in California. This follows federal moves by the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress to block Medicaid reimbursement to Planned Parenthood providers in H.R.1, their so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.”

Reproductive Freedom for All President and CEO Mini Timmaraju released the following statement:

“We’re grateful that Governor Newsom has taken action to protect patients and keep clinics open. Closing this funding gap helps slow the harm that Trump and Republicans in Congress set in motion when they defunded Planned Parenthood and created this health care crisis. This doesn’t just safeguard care in California—it protects access for people across the country who travel there when their own states turn them away.”

Planned Parenthood health centers in California serve about one-third of Planned Parenthood patients nationwide, and more than 80% of those patients rely on Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, for coverage. Today’s action ensures continuity of services across communities that already face the greatest barriers to care.

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For over 55 years, Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America) has fought to protect and advance reproductive freedom at the federal and state levels—including access to abortion care, birth control, pregnancy and post-partum care, and paid family leave—for everybody. Reproductive Freedom for All is powered by its more than 4 million members from every state and congressional district in the country, representing the 8 in 10 Americans who support legal abortion.