2025: Jim Desmond Voted Against Having The County Join An Amicus Brief To Block New Federal Restrictions On Medicaid Funding For Reproductive Health Providers

November 2025: Desmond Voted Against Having The County Join An Amicus Brief To Block New Federal Restrictions On Medicaid Funding For Reproductive Health Providers. “Authorize County Counsel, in consultation with the Chief Administrative Officer, to seek court permission to file or join an amicus curiae brief in either the trial or appellate court, as appropriate, on behalf of the County in support of Planned Parenthood's appellate court, as appropriate, or the multistate lawsuit led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta to block new federal restrictions on Medicaid funding for reproductive health providers. […] ACTION: ON MOTION of Supervisor Lawson-Remer, seconded by Supervisor Montgomery Steppe, the Board of Supervisors took action as recommended. AYES: Aguirre, Lawson-Remer, Montgomery Steppe NOES: Anderson, Desmond.” [San Diego County Board of Supervisors, Meeting Minutes, 11/18/25]

June 2025: The Supreme Court Ruled That States Can Bar Medicaid Payments To Planned Parenthood. “The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that states can bar Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider. The federal government and many states already block using Medicaid funds to cover abortion. But the state-federal health insurance program for lower-income people does pay for other services from Planned Parenthood, including birth control, cancer screenings and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections.” [PBS News, 6/27/25]