Protect Reproductive Healthcare Funding

 
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Senator Adam Schiff

DC Office: 202-224-3841

Email (use your own words): Sen. Schiff’s email contact form

Senator Alex Padilla

SF Office: (415) 981-9369

DC Office: (202) 224-3553

Email (use your own words): Sen. Padilla’s email contact form

 

Call script for Senators Schiff and Padilla:

Hi, my name is ____ and I live in ZIP code _____, and I’m a member of Indivisible SF. Please do all in your power to remove the House budget bill’s provision blocking federal Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood. Thank you.

 
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Governor Gavin Newsom

Sacramento Office: (916) 445-2841

Email (use your own words): Contact form

Note: It appears Newsom’s office is not accepting voicemails outside of office hours at this time. Call within office hours or use the contact form.

 

Call script for Governor Newsom:

Hi, my name is ____ and I live in ZIP code ____, and I’m a member of Indivisible SF. Please maintain current financial support levels for Planned Parenthood in the state budget. Voters for Prop 35 and the Tobacco Tax want this money to go to Planned Parenthood as provided for in these bills.

 
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State Senator Scott Wiener (State Senate District 11)

Sacramento Office: (916) 651-4011

SF Office: (415) 557-1300

Email (use your own words): https://sd11.senate.ca.gov/contact

 

Call script for Senator Wiener:

Hi, my name is ____ and I live in ZIP code ____, and I’m a member of Indivisible SF. Please maintain current financial support levels for Planned Parenthood in the state budget. Please oppose the Governor’s decision to reallocate these funds for other purposes, in defiance of the will of the voters who passed Prop 35 and the Tobacco Tax to fund healthcare.

You can take action in person to directly help people who need reproductive care.  Planned Parenthood clinics need volunteers to serve as patient escorts on abortion days. At the San Francisco location, volunteers operate in teams of two on Thursdays and Saturdays. You can easily apply online, and it’s a fantastic, uplifting way to serve this health need. Volunteer here and encourage your friends to join you.

Background

California voters have repeatedly affirmed support for funding reproductive healthcare. In 2016, we passed a tobacco tax that helps fund healthcare, including reproductive healthcare, for low-income Californians. Last year, we passed Proposition 35 to provide further reproductive health funding.

Governor Newsom’s state budget proposal would reallocate $1.6 billion of Prop 35 money, and $500 million from the tobacco tax, to other purposes.

Meanwhile, in Congress, the MAGA Murder Budget currently before the Senate also contains provisions that would take federal funding away from reproductive healthcare.

This isn’t what we voted for. Reproductive healthcare needs to be protected from all attempts to defund it, whether they come from Trump or Governor Newsom.

References

“Newsom's proposed Medi-Cal cuts would 'effectively defund' Planned Parenthood,” KGO, May 22, 2025

State Level, Senate, Governor, Top ActionPeter Hreproductive healthcare, reproductive health, abortion, Planned Parenthood, budget, Budget Reconciliation