California Planned Parenthood peddles Botox after Trump admin cuts off funding

A Planned Parenthood in California has started offering Botox treatments in order to offset losses after the Trump administration blocked the abortion provider from getting Medicaid reimbursements for its services.

"Our kind of future financial stability remains uncertain," Dr. Laura Dalton, the chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, which operates 30 clinics in California and Nevada, said in an interview on March 4. The losses for Planned Parenthood come from portions of the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” and the abortion provider has been trying to fill in the gap with other services.

"We are resilient and innovative, and I like to say that when faced with a crisis, our doors did not close. They opened wider," Dalton said.

The Planned Parenthood in San Jose will now be offering Botox injections as well as nitrous oxide (laughing gas) for pain management. "We're providing [a] neurotoxin which is commonly referred to as Botox," Dalton said. "And, hopefully, in a few weeks, we'll be launching fillers and sclerotherapy."

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte has also said that they plan to roll out the services at 30 locations in parts of California as well as Nevada.

Dalton claimed the new services are "about patients feeling like we're hearing them, and we're listening to them and that we're in touch right back to the 'We're not your mom's Planned Parenthood.’”

In addition to providing Botox, Planned Parenthood has said that they will dropping a lawsuit against the Trump administration related to the loss of funding. Dalton believes that offering cosmetic services as well as abortions will be able to keep the organization afloat. "If you were going to get this service anyways, and you want to support Planned Parenthood, why not do it together?" Dalton said.