California: Governor Newsom signs legislation delivering $90 million in emergency funding for Planned Parenthood after Trump defunds organization
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Feb 11, 2026

Governor Newsom signs legislation delivering $90 million in emergency funding for Planned Parenthood after Trump defunds organization

What you need to know: After Trump's "Big Ugly Bill" defunded reproductive health care providers, California is providing emergency funding to protect access, keep clinics open, and stop Trump's war on women.

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today signed SB 106 by Senator John Laird (D-Santa Cruz), granting $90 million in one-time emergency funds for Planned Parenthood and other clinics providing reproductive health care services following a devastating funding prohibition in Trump's Big Ugly Bill.

"California is taking steps to ensure people don't lose access to the range of services provided by Planned Parenthood. As the Trump administration's Big Ugly Bill punishes women and community health providers, California continues to stand in support of women's access to essential health services and reproductive freedom."

Governor Gavin Newsom

"California values women, their choices, and their fundamental right to health care. While the Trump Administration relentlessly puts women's health and safety at risk, California's latest investments support Planned Parenthood and protect access to critical resources for women and families across the state."

Governor Gavin Newsom

The funding ensures clinics can keep their doors open and continue providing essential reproductive health services to Californians as the Trump administration escalates its all-out assault on women's health care.

This announcement follows the $145 million California has provided to support Planned Parenthood since last fall. Without fiscal support from the federal government, California is left to assist more than 100 Planned Parenthood health centers across the Golden State alone – centers that provide over a million patient visits a year to Californians in search of basic health care needs.

"Today is a win for all Californians who will continue to receive affordable health care services," said Senate President pro Tempore Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara). "By keeping Planned Parenthood's doors open, we are ensuring that communities throughout the state are not losing crucial resources. The California Legislature stands strong in the face of threats by the federal administration and will continue to fight for what is right."

"Right now, the contrast is clear: Trump is dismantling health care and driving up costs, and Democrats in California are accelerating millions of dollars for women's health and maternal care, because families come first in our state," said Speaker of the Assembly Robert Rivas (D-Salinas). "I'm proud to stand with Pro Tem Monique Limón and Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, two women leaders indispensable to this fight. Together, we're committed to protecting the affordable reproductive care California women already rely on — the best in the nation."

"Without a doubt, California is hit hardest by the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans' federal 'defund' of Planned Parenthood health centers," said Jodi Hicks, CEO and President of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California. "Yet, our Governor and Legislature were undeterred by their attacks and took the most bold and significant action in the nation to protect access to reproductive health care in California by appropriating critical funding for targeted providers, including the over 100 Planned Parenthood health centers in California. The Planned Parenthood affiliates in California are grateful to our state leaders for continuing to protect Californians' constitutional right to reproductive freedom by ensuring patients from Eureka to El Centro can continue to access the essential care they need and deserve, no matter what."

"This early budget action matters. It matters because our reproductive healthcare providers here in California—and their patients—need to know we're standing up for them at a time when they're being directly attacked by the Trump administration and congressional Republicans," said Chair of the Legislative Women's Caucus and Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters). "Planned Parenthood helps make access to health care real for millions of people across the state. The passage of SB 106 reflects who we are as Californians, and it shows our commitment to our families and communities in accessing that basic healthcare. And it says, when the federal government turns its back on Americans—California steps in."

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California's actions to protect reproductive freedoms

In the years since the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, Governor Newsom's administration has consistently stepped up to protect reproductive freedom, including:
  • September 2025: Governor Newsom signed landmark legislation to safeguard access to reproductive health care, including AB 260, allowing health care providers to prescribe abortion care medication to patients anonymously, and AB 1525, helping to shield attorneys assisting other states with access to reproductive care from State Bar discipline.
  • June 2025: The 25-26 budget expanded the authority of CalRx to purchase brand-name drugs. This change gives the state more tools to respond to supply chain disruptions, market manipulation, or politically motivated restrictions that could threaten access to essential medications — including medication used for abortion care.
  • May 2024: Governor Newsom signed SB 233 with the Legislative Women's Caucus, allowing Arizona abortion providers to temporarily provide abortion care to patients from Arizona who travel to California for care following the Arizona Supreme Court's ruling to reimpose a regressive 1864 law imposing a near-total abortion ban in their state.
  • January 2024: The Reproductive Freedom Alliance, led by Governor Newsom, filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Food and Drug Administration, et al., v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, arguing that, if the Court allowed the Fifth Circuit's decision rejecting FDA's approval of mifepristone to stand, it would undermine Governors' ability to provide adequate healthcare services and would have far-reaching implications beyond reproductive healthcare. The Supreme Court sided with the FDA in June 2024.
  • April 2023: Governor Newsom procured an emergency stockpile of Misoprostol, a safe and effective medication abortion drug, as legal challenges continue to move through the courts in an attempt to block abortion medication.
  • March 2023: Governor Newsom joined 13 other Governors in calling on major pharmacies to clarify plans for dispensing Mifepristone and other actions they plan to take to safeguard access to reproductive health care drugs.
  • February 2023: Governor Newsom launched the Reproductive Freedom Alliance, a coalition of 23 Governors fighting together to protect and advance reproductive freedom.
  • November 2022: Voters pass Governor Newsom and the Legislature's Proposition 1, an amendment to the state constitution to enshrine the right to reproductive freedom – including abortion care and contraception.
  • September 2022:
    • Governor Newsom launched Abortion.CA.Gov to ensure people across California, and the country, can access essential information regarding reproductive health care, including resources available to support access to care.
    • Governor Newsom, working with the Legislature, ensured California passed the largest reproductive freedom bill package in state history, building firewalls around California as a reproductive freedom state.
  • June 2022:
    • Governor Newsom signed legislation to help protect patients and providers in California against radical attempts by other states to extend their anti-abortion laws into California, on the same day Roe v. Wade was overturned.
    • California invested over $200 million in reproductive health care.
    • Issued an Executive Order protecting state-held data and information from being used by out-of-state anti-abortion entities to target providers and patients.
    • Joined the Governors of Oregon and Washington to launch a new Multi-State Commitment to defend access to reproductive health care and protect patients and providers.

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