<p>Planned Parenthood is closing five clinics in northern California after losing Medicaid funding thanks to President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Big Beautiful Bill.&#8221;</p>
<p>Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, the abortion giant&#8217;s largest affiliate in the country, shuttered five locations near the Bay Area on Thursday, saying the bill forced their hand.</p>
<p>The clinics that are closing are all near the Bay Area — located in San Francisco, San Mateo, Gilroy, Santa Cruz, and Madera.</p>
<p>&#8220;We really feel like we are in the fight of our life,&#8221; <a href="https://abc7news.com/post/planned-parenthood-permanently-closes-5-northern-california-health-centers-including-bay-area/17284357/">said</a> Stacy Cross, president and CEO of the Mar Monte affiliate, which serves California and Nevada.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been a Planned Parenthood CEO for 24 years at three separate affiliates, and I can tell you this is really the hardest it&#8217;s been in my entire life,&#8221; Cross said.</p>
<p>Planned Parenthood laid off more than 60 staffers at the five clinics.</p>
<p>&#8220;This law is clearly a back-door ban on abortion in reproductive freedom states,&#8221; Planned Parenthood Mar Monte <a href="https://www.kcra.com/article/california-planned-parenthood-closes-5-health-centers/65505340">said</a> in a statement.</p>
<p>The massive spending <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text">bill</a>, which was signed by Trump on July 4, bans Medicaid reimbursements for one year to abortion providers who were getting at least $800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements, which Planned Parenthood certainly was — the abortion giant was <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/01/15/509662288/that-vow-to-defund-planned-parenthood-easy-to-say-hard-to-do">getting</a> about $390 million from Medicaid as far back as 2015.</p>
<p>Federal law already prohibits Medicaid reimbursements for nearly all abortions, but the bill broadens that ban to Planned Parenthood&#8217;s other services.</p>
<p>&#8220;It essentially defunds Planned Parenthood from Medicaid, from us being able to get reimbursed for the care we provide,&#8221; Cross said.</p>
<p>Planned Parenthood <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/planned-parenthood-sues-trump-admin-targeted-provision-megabill/story?id=123554531">sued</a> the Trump administration over the bill shortly after it was signed, and an Obama-appointed judge granted a two-week restraining order against the Medicaid ban.</p>
<p>However, that restraining order <a href="https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-california-central-coast/newsroom/defund-in-effect-court-fails-to-grant-relief-to-california-planned-parenthood-organizations-2?utm_source=chatgpt.com">expired</a> on Monday, and the judge then <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/us/politics/trump-planned-parenthood.html">issued</a> a narrow preliminary injunction that allowed just 10 Planned Parenthoods to get Medicaid payments.</p>
<p>Planned Parenthood has shut down clinics in a slew of states recently, including Manhattan&#8217;s <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/262849/planned-parenthood-shutters-only-facility-in-manhattan-after-decades-of-pro-life-prayers">only</a> clinic, <a href="https://www.startribune.com/why-planned-parenthood-is-closing-four-minnesota-clinics-and-laying-off-staff/601362453?utm_source=chatgpt.com">four</a> in Minnesota, <a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/planned-parenthood-closing-4-illinois-clinics?utm_source=chatgpt.com">four</a> in Illinois, <a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/health/article/planned-parenthood-houston-closing-20784965.php?utm_source=chatgpt.com">two</a> in Texas, and <a href="https://www.ksl.com/article/51305471/planned-parenthood-closes-2-utah-clinics-citing-trump-freeze-in-federal-funding?utm_source=chatgpt.com">two</a> in Utah.</p>
<p>The White House <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/06/myth-vs-fact-the-one-big-beautiful-bill/">defended</a> the Medicaid changes in a fact sheet on the bill.</p>
<p>&#8220;The One Big Beautiful Bill protects and strengthens Medicaid for those who rely on it — pregnant women, children, seniors, people with disabilities, and low-income families — while eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse. The One Big Beautiful Bill removes illegal aliens, enforces work requirements, and protects Medicaid for the truly vulnerable,&#8221; the White House said.</p>

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