As financial resources continue to be directed from Blue States towards abortion advocacy, a Democratic lawmaker in California has crafted measures to keep taxpayers in the dark about where their money is going.
California’s $20 Million Abortion Practice Support Fund (APSF), put into place shortly after the reversal of Roe v. Wade, seems to have specific organizations, like Shields, receiving taxpayer-funded grants without public disclosure. This is made possible through certain exemptions in the law.
Requests for official records from the Daily Caller News Foundation related to grant recipients have been rejected due to these exemptions.
“It’s disheartening that Governor Gavin Newsom and California Democrats are obscuring how public funds are used to support an abortion agenda,” stated Katie Glenn Daniel, a legal director with Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. “They’re amplifying extreme views while ignoring women who need genuine assistance and overlooking life-affirming options.”
The California Senate Judiciary Committee suggested that these measures are necessary to protect patient privacy, which they believe is more important than public access to information about grantees.
In the aftermath of the 2022 Supreme Court ruling, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California would serve as a “safe haven” for women seeking abortions.
A forthcoming report, due in January 2025, will detail services provided by these grants in their first year. It includes costs for things like painkillers for over a thousand patients, case management for nearly three thousand, and transportation for several hundred, yet lacks the names of the organizations involved.
“We were able to create two part-time roles with this grant, including one focused on abortion services,” a representative noted from one of the unnamed organizations that received funding.
Additionally, California earmarked $40 million for uncompensated care in 2022 to support healthcare providers in offering abortions to low-income patients. Among these funds is a $20 million initiative for the Los Angeles County Abortion Safe Haven Grant Program, managed by Essential Access Health, a nonprofit run by a former Planned Parenthood employee.
“This creates a positive resistance against the protection of unborn babies in other states, fostering a troubling reality where California stands as a dangerous place for the unborn and isolated for women needing real compassion,” Daniel remarked.
He added, “The state shouldn’t conceal how taxpayer dollars are spent, especially when it claims a public responsibility to aid in ending lives in the womb.”
“Unfortunately, California isn’t merely hiding abortions behind bureaucratic barriers,” she continued. “It’s also aiming to help other states draft similar protective laws, keeping the public uninformed and reducing accountability for abortion providers.”
Neither the California Department of Healthcare Access and Information nor Essential Access Health responded to requests for comment.
Government Funded Abortion
After the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republican states imposed restrictions or bans on abortions, while Democrats positioned states like California as destinations for women seeking to terminate pregnancies.
Numerous Democrat-led local governments have allocated public funds to cover abortion-related expenses.
In Maryland, the Public Health Abortion Grant Program was established to support nonprofit abortion funds overwhelmed by an influx of women crossing state lines. This initiative includes an annual budget of $2.5 million aimed at assisting these organizations.
Baltimore’s Mayor Brandon M. Scott declared in 2022 that five organizations would receive a combined total of nearly $168,000 to enhance access to abortion and birth control.
Meanwhile, Massachusetts’ Department of Public Health announced a grant of $1.8 million to support groups advocating for abortion accessibility.
Furthermore, a group named Jane’s Due Process, which helps minors in Texas access abortions without parental consent, has received over $409,000 from Austin since 2020.
Austin reportedly aims to enhance health outcomes and ensure better healthcare access for low-income communities.
Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Austin for initiating an out-of-state abortion travel fund. Reports indicate that this program has assisted numerous teenagers in accessing abortions beyond state lines.
