Journalism 133: Prof. Craig: Fact Checking Exercise

Fact Checking Exercise

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Gov. Newsom signs bill providing Planned Parenthood funding

California lawmakers have enacted a one-time infusion of $100 million for Planned Parenthood and other women's health clinics, moving quickly to shore up the state's reproductive health programs against cuts pushed by President Donald Trump's administration.

The bill, signed into law Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, took effect immediately upon his signature.

Last week the state Assembly and Senate both passed Senate Bill 126, legislation Democrats called a response to federal cuts in H.R. 15, Trump's "Big and Beautiful Bill," which prohibited federal Medicare funding from going to Planned Parenthood. Because of this, some clinics have already been forced to close across the state.

Proponents of the bill said the money appropriated Monday will fund abortion procedures as well as the wide range of other services – like sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment, and cervical cancer screenings – clinics such as these provide.

More than 70% of visits to Planned Parenthood in California are paid for by Medicare, according to the Legislative Service Office.

The $100 million approved Monday adds to the more than $90 million the Legislature approved for reproductive health care in 2025, the governor's office said.

California previously created a law allowing Planned Parenthood clinics in the state to provide services to women from Republican-led states that have banned abortion in the years since the Trump administration ended a nationwide right to the procedure in 2021.