Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, its largest affiliate, has started selling Botox and other beauty treatments at at least four California centers to address revenue shortfalls while continuing to provide abortions and other services. The affiliate reported budget difficulties leading to cutbacks in primary care and prenatal services, and its 2024-2025 annual report showed a record 434,450 abortions performed and $832 million in taxpayer funding received.

After the overturning of Roe v. Wade, a woman in Santa Maria, California, canceled her second-trimester abortion appointment at Planned Parenthood and chose to keep her baby following a conversation with a pro-life volunteer named Hilda.

Anastasia Rogers, a pro-life activist in San Francisco, was charged under California's FACE Act for posting a 14-second Instagram video outside a Planned Parenthood clinic, which prosecutors claimed was intimidating. After a trial resulted in a mistrial with most jurors rejecting the intimidation claims, the charges were eventually dismissed following public pressure and Rogers entering a diversion program with no guilty plea or admission of wrongdoing.

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, after losing federal Medicaid funding and closing five health centers, has expanded into offering cosmetic services like Botox and dermal fillers at reduced prices in four California clinics. Despite the Medicaid block expiring and federal reimbursements resuming, the affiliate continues to grow its aesthetics business while having cut prenatal care and primary care services, drawing scrutiny from lawmakers and the IRS regarding its nonprofit status.

Anastasia Rogers was arrested and prosecuted under California’s Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act for posting a 13-second video outside a San Francisco Planned Parenthood, but after a year-long legal battle and a mistrial, all charges against her were dropped. Life Legal attorneys Allison Aranda, Katie Short, and trial counsel Mike Millen defended Anastasia throughout the case, which ended with the court dropping all charges against her on Wednesday.

Multiple 911 calls from Planned Parenthood of Orange, California, reveal that staff often withheld detailed information from emergency operators when patients experienced complications from abortions, including heavy bleeding and loss of consciousness. The recordings show delays in ambulance dispatch and evasive responses from Planned Parenthood employees, with a manager admitting that paramedics had been called to the center many times before for similar emergencies.

California dropped all charges against anti-abortion activist Anastasia Rogers related to a 14-second Instagram video criticizing Planned Parenthood, and the protective order restricting her sidewalk outreach was terminated. The charges were initially based on claims that her video violated California's Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, but after a diversion program and a deadlocked jury, the court dismissed the case in San Francisco County.

Olivia Rodrigo's Daisy Chain Festival in Irvine, California, sold out in 30 minutes and raised $20 million for ten charities, including Planned Parenthood and other abortion-related organizations. The festival's open support for abortion rights parallels the cultural attitudes reflected in the 'Same, Lindsay' social media phenomenon, which expresses a troubling resentment toward motherhood amid ongoing debates about abortion and maternal challenges.

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte opened a Botox and filler counter in its Sacramento clinic in March 2026 after Congress cut off its Medicaid funding for one year under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Despite receiving $90 million in emergency funding from California, the organization continues to offer cosmetic treatments like Botox, fillers, and vein treatments to generate revenue, prompting Senator Marsha Blackburn to request an IRS investigation into whether this activity violates its tax-exempt status.

Two women approached the counselor, verbally attacking him, his wife, and his children, who were present, saying his wife "should have killed" their children.

Los Angeles, California Planned Parenthood Los Angeles closed its Bixby center, which focused on abortion drugs, in November 2025. Pro-life advocates celebrated the news and pointed to a report from Planned Parenthood that attributed recent closures to the One Big Beautiful Bill. Previously, the Bixby center offered abortion drugs up to 11 weeks of pregnancy […]

A pro-life activist faces two years in jail after being criminally charged for a 14-second Instagram post of her and a Planned Parenthood worker outside a San Francisco abortion clinic. Prosecutors accuse Anastasia Rogers of violating California’s FACE Act because they consider the post “threatening,” while Rogers’ attorneys say she was simply exercising her First […] The post CA Pro-Life Activist Faces Prison Over 14-Second Instagram Video first appeared on California Family Council .

Notre Dame de Namur University dropped from an “A” to an “F” after announcing former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as its commencement speaker. The radical abortion supporter is a recipient of Planned Parenthood’s Margaret Sanger Award for “outstanding contributions to the reproductive health and rights movement.” A California “Catholic” university lost its “A” grade on Students for Life of America’s Christian Schools Report following the university’s ... Read More The post SCORE ALERT: California School Drops from ‘A’ to ‘F’ in Christian Schools Report for Featuring Planned Parenthood’s Favorite

For Immediate Release: March 23, 2026 CONTACT: Hamilton Strategies, Media@HamiltonStrategies.com, Beth Bogucki, 610.584.1096 ext. 105, or Curt Harding, charding@hamiltonstrategies.com. While California directs $230 million to Planned Parenthood, Save the Storks deploys mobile medical clinics and community partnerships to reach women in maternal care deserts PLANO, Texas — As California directs a combined $230 million in state funding to Planned Parenthood, Save the Storks works to close a growing gap in maternal […] The post Save the Storks works to close maternal care gaps as government fundi

Planned Parenthood is having a rougher time than it once did. Fifty or so clinics have closed due to financial difficulties associated with defunding from the government. Not to worry! As reported in the New York Times — a California clinic is offering cosmetic procedures to help keep the doors open. First, the Times‘ reporter Alisha Haridasani Gupta, describes the core mission of PP clinics. Notice what she leaves out: Nationwide, Planned Parenthood, which provides birth control, preventive sexual health screenings, prenatal care and primary care for millions of patients, many of them on Medi

California Governor Gavin Newsom and the state Senate budget committee have signed legislation providing $90 million in additional state funding to Planned Parenthood. The bill offers further support to Planned Parenthood affiliates across the state after $140 million was invested in the organization in October of 2025. In total, $230 million has been allocated to […] The post California Directs $230 Million to Planned Parenthood in State Funding appeared first on Save the Storks .

Governor Gavin Newsom stood flanked by Planned Parenthood executives and Democratic legislative leaders this week as he proudly signed SB 106 into law, directing $90 million in “emergency funding” to the abortion provider. The bill was fast-tracked through the Legislature after federal funding changes under the Trump administration, and the signing ceremony was anything but […] The post Follow the Money: How Planned Parenthood’s Campaign Cash Preceded a $90 Million Payday first appeared on California Family Council .

Assemblyman James Gallagher’s (R-Yuba City) AB 281 should never have been controversial. The bill didn’t ban sex education. It didn’t censor curriculum. It didn’t prohibit outside speakers. It simply ensured that when outside organizations are brought onto school campuses to teach sex education, parents are notified of who those organizations are and who is speaking […] The post Gallagher Fought for Transparency. Planned Parenthood Shut It Down. first appeared on California Family Council .

California’s legislative leaders have once again made their priorities unmistakably clear: protecting and expanding the abortion industry, at taxpayer expense, is at the top of their priority list. Late last week, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) and Senate President Pro Tempore Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara) announced new budget legislation, Assembly Bill 106 and Senate Bill […] The post CA State Lawmakers Push $90 Million Abortion Bailout for Planned Parenthood first appeared on California Family Council .