Five Planned Parenthood facilities in Northern California and the Central Coast are closing following the enactment of President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” which blocks Medicaid funding from going to organizations that provide abortions. The legislation, signed earlier this month, directly bars any federal Medicaid dollars from being used for services at abortion-performing entities.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the closures mark the first direct wave of impacts from the federal budget cuts. The shuttered clinics include a location in South San Francisco, as confirmed by Planned Parenthood Mar Monte. These closures primarily affect low-income areas that relied on those facilities for services.
The budget legislation, passed by the GOP-led Congress and signed by President Trump, cuts off Medicaid reimbursements for all medical services—not just abortions—at organizations that perform abortions. While the Hyde Amendment already restricts direct federal funding of abortions, previous loopholes allowed continued federal funding to flow for other services provided by Planned Parenthood.
Trump’s new bill ends that practice.
California had positioned itself as a national abortion sanctuary following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022. Governor Gavin Newsom and the Democrat-controlled legislature invested over $200 million in abortion access initiatives. More than a dozen new abortion-protective laws were passed. Newsom had even launched campaigns advertising California as an abortion refuge.
Thursday’s announcement underscores the power of federal funding decisions. Despite California’s efforts, Planned Parenthood now faces real financial pressure, with the first clinic closures already underway. These developments represent a substantial victory for pro-life advocates and a major setback for abortion providers operating in defiance of federal restrictions.
