Even In Planned Parenthood-Friendly State, Advocates Distressed Over Defunding Threat
California's Planned Parenthood estimates it could lose $260 million in federal aid if lawmakers vote to strip its funding.
At a recent breakfast gathering, Sue Dunlap, the president and chief executive of Planned Parenthood Los Angeles, detailed聽the potential effects of a GOP-led effort to strip the group鈥檚 affiliates across the country聽of federal funding. It was a gloomy聽scenario for Planned Parenthood supporters, but attendees, according to Dunlap, were able to find some聽solace: The national outlook may be bleak, but surely in the Democratic bastion of California, the organization would be fine. Dunlap corrected them: Not only was Planned Parenthood in California not immune, it may have more to lose than its nationwide counterparts. (Mason, 1/12)
