(LifeSiteNews) — Planned Parenthood has announced the closure of seven of its California facilities due to new restrictions on federal funding but vows abortions will continue unaffected in the far-left state.
NBC 7 San Diego reports that Planned Parenthood of Orange & San Bernardino Counties (PPOSBC) will be closing locations in Anaheim, Costa Mesa, Mission Viejo, Santa Ana, Westminster, San Bernardino, and Upland effective December 10, laying off some 81 employees as a result of President Donald Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (BBB), which contains a one-year ban on federal tax dollars going through Medicaid to entities that commits abortions for reasons other than rape, incest, or supposed threats to the mother’s life.
In a press release, PPOSBC describes the affected locations as offering “primary care services” but claims the BBB won’t impact its abortion operations since those receive funding from California’s far-left Democrat state government. “They came after abortion, but they’re taking away everything else that we do,” said PPOSBC President and Chief Executive Krista Hollinger.
Yet defunding all aspects of Planned Parenthood contributes to reducing the abortion giant’s overall profits and ability to continue operating, which in turn impacts its ability to continue abortions in the long run, as without Roe v. Wade to ensure abortion’s legality, the industry relies heavily on taxpayer funding to stay in operation. Last year, Planned Parenthood’s most recent annual report revealed that its affiliates across the nation took in $699.3 million in government “health services” reimbursements and grants, accounting for 39 percent of its total revenue during that period. At the same time, the abortion chain committed 392,715 abortions – yet its non-abortion procedures, such as pap tests and cancer screenings, continued to decline as percentages of its overall business.
Within weeks of returning to office, Trump began enforcing the Hyde amendment against direct funding of most abortions, reinstated the Mexico City Policy that forbids non-governmental organizations from using taxpayer dollars for most abortions abroad, and cut millions in pro-abortion subsidies by freezing U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) spending.
In March, the Trump administration froze Title X “family planning” grants to nonprofits it said violated its executive orders on immigration and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, including Planned Parenthood affiliates in nine states.
Other Republicans have proposed standalone measures to fully cut off Planned Parenthood’s government funding: the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, which permanently bans federal funds from being used for abortion; and the Defund Planned Parenthood Act, which disqualifies Planned Parenthood and its affiliates specifically. But they would require 60 votes to make it through the Senate.
