Planned Parenthood says California’s ‘cruel’ proposed budget cuts would ‘defund’ it

Planned Parenthood is raising alarm over California Governor Gavin Newsom’s “shocking” and “cruel” budget proposal, which it claims will reduce its annual budget in the state by one-third. The proposal would move $500 million from a fund designated for “family planning and women’s health care” to help offset the state’s $12 billion budget deficit. KEY TAKEAWAYS: A $12 billion budget shortfall in California led to a proposed half billion-dollar funding redistribution away from Proposition 56 (funding family planning/reproductive healthcare) toward Proposition 35 (a Medi-Cal expansion). Planned Parenthood claims the move will “immensely harm patients in California” by creating “even more...