President Donald Trump appears to be delivering on his promise to “defund” Planned Parenthood.

On Thursday, Planned Parenthood Mar Monte announced on social media that it will close five clinics in Northern California after recent federal budget cuts eliminated Medicaid reimbursements for clinics that perform abortions.

The closures — affecting facilities in South San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Gilroy and Madera — comes just weeks after Trump signed a federal spending bill that bars Medicaid funding from going to any provider that offers abortion services.

With 35 clinics around California, Mar Monte is the largest Planned Parenthood affiliate in the country. The five centers set to close have served over 22,000 patients in the past year, many of whom are low-income with few alte

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