In a 3-2 vote Tuesday, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors directed county counsel to support multiple lawsuits filed by Planned Parenthood and to roll back a in H-R 1, also known as the Big Beautiful Bill.

That provision prohibits Medicaid, known in California as Medi-Cal, from reimbursing nonprofit health centers that also offer abortion services.

.Terra Lawson-Remer, chair of the board, sponsored the measure. She spoke at a news conference before the board meeting, saying, “We are here today because Donald Trump is trying to take basic health care away from tens of thousands of San Diegans."

Lawson-Remer said of the nearly for their health coverage, use that coverage to obtain a whole host of services from Planned Parenthood, including cancer screenings and birth control.

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