NEWS: Schiff Details How Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill Will Strip Reproductive Health Care Access From Nearly One Million Californians

Washington, D.C.– As Congress continues to debate President Trump’s Big Ugly Bill, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) highlighted how Republicans’ legislation will rob nearly 1 million Californians of their access to reproductive health care through the defunding of critical health services provided by Planned Parenthood and other reproductive health centers.
If passed in the House and signed into law, Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill will block federal funding from being used for services provided by Planned Parenthood, robbing nearly one million Medi-Cal patients of an important resource for reproductive care.
“The Big Ugly Bill continues the Republican Party’s crusade against reproductive health care by defunding Planned Parenthoods – including the115 health centers in California. That means basic access to health care stripped away from millions of women. The fight isn’t over. I’m doing everything I can to stop this,”said Senator Schiff.
In California, there are 115 Planned Parenthood health centers that support 1.3 million total visits annually.
Planned Parenthood is the leading provider of sexual and reproductive health care for millions of patients in the U.S., offering services such as birth control, abortion care, and cancer screenings. The defunding of Planned Parenthood services will also put additional stress on remaining federally qualified health centers that lack the capacity to provide comprehensive care and properly meet patient needs.
According to theCongressional Budget Office, defunding Planned Parenthood will increase the federal deficit by $300 million.
Here’s what the defunding of Planned Parenthood will look like if the Big Ugly Bill is signed into law:
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