California is providing $140 million to seven cash-strapped Planned Parenthood affiliates in California to provide reproductive care — a move that won’t be enough to restore the nonprofit’s shuttered Melody Health primary care services in Southern California.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the financial lifeline Thursday, Oct. 23, not long after Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties said it was shuttering seven clinics and laying off 81 workers by Dec. 13.

Earlier this month, Planned Parenthood said it was closing Melody Health because of the Trump administration’s defunding efforts. The layoffs include physicians, nurses and administrative staff. About 450 healthcare professionals and administrative staff will be left with Planned Parenthood after Melody Health winds dow

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