Here in California, it’s easy to feel complacent about rights we’ve already won, especially access to legal abortion. He has also vowed to defund Planned Parenthood, which could have devastating consequences for the nearly 1 million California women who receive healthcare from this American institution. As my colleague Melanie Mason reported, Planned Parenthood’s California affiliates receive about $260 million from the federal government, mostly in the form of Medicaid reimbursements. In Virginia, the proceeds from “Trust Women” plates will support the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood. For her outspoken support of reproductive rights, Allred has often been a target of anti-abortion harassment, as recently as last week in Santa Monica.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 05, 2017 10:52 UTC