Sacramento Planned Parenthood now offering Botox, menopause care

Sacramento’s Planned Parenthood is offering beauty services to women as a response to losing millions of dollars from the federal government due to the “Big Beautiful Bill,” with the organization seeking alternative funding sources.Outside Planned Parenthood on B Street, anti-abortion protestors continue to send their message, while inside, changes are underway as the reproductive health organization faces an uncertain financial future. Dr. Laura Dalton, the chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, which operates 30 clinics in Northern California and Nevada, is creating a new beauty business model for women. “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.In addition to cancer screenings and contraception, patients can now receive cosmetic injectables. “We’re providing neurotoxin which is commonly referred to as Botox. And hopefully in a few weeks we’ll be launching fillers and sclerotherapy,” said Dalton. Planned Parenthood is evolving into a med spa of sorts, also offering care for perimenopause, menopause, hormone replacement therapy, GLP-1, and anxiety and pain management with nitrous oxide, or laughing gas. Dalton emphasized the importance of patient care.”It’s 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,'” she said.While some are relieved by the federal government’s decision to cut off $100 million to the nation’s largest Planned Parenthood, state lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom stepped in earlier this month to provide Planned Parenthood Mar Monte with $90 million. This state funding is intended to compensate for the $100 million lost in revenue from billing Medicaid on behalf of 80% of their patients.Critics may question why more funding is needed despite the recent state support. “That helps to backfill all of the visits that we were not reimbursed for this last year in the Sexual and Reproductive Health program,” she said.Dalton said Planned Parenthood remains committed to its core reproductive services while expanding its offerings. “If you were going to get this service anyways and you want to support Planned Parenthood, why not do it together?” said Dalton.One patient said the ideal situation would that there were no funding cuts that threaten the ability for community members to receive essential health services.”I am personally interested in receiving Botox now and again, and I’d be going somewhere to do that anyway. The fact that I now get to do that Planned Parenthood and am supporting the effort to offset the devastating budget cuts they’ve experienced,” she said.Currently, only a couple of clinics offer these beauty services, but the plan is to expand them to all 30 clinics. Additionally, Planned Parenthood is offering Botox at a much cheaper price than med spas, at $9 a unit compared to $12 or $15.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

Sacramento’s Planned Parenthood is offering beauty services to women as a response to losing millions of dollars from the federal government due to the “Big Beautiful Bill,” with the organization seeking alternative funding sources.

Outside Planned Parenthood on B Street, anti-abortion protestors continue to send their message, while inside, changes are underway as the reproductive health organization faces an uncertain financial future.

Dr. Laura Dalton, the chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, which operates 30 clinics in Northern California and Nevada, is creating a new beauty business model for women.

“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.

In addition to cancer screenings and contraception, patients can now receive cosmetic injectables.

“We’re providing [a] neurotoxin which is commonly referred to as Botox. And hopefully in a few weeks we’ll be launching fillers and sclerotherapy,” said Dalton.

Planned Parenthood is evolving into a med spa of sorts, also offering care for perimenopause, menopause, hormone replacement therapy, GLP-1, and anxiety and pain management with nitrous oxide, or laughing gas.

Dalton emphasized the importance of patient care.

“It’s 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,'” she said.

While some are relieved by the federal government’s decision to cut off $100 million to the nation’s largest Planned Parenthood, state lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom stepped in earlier this month to provide Planned Parenthood Mar Monte with $90 million. This state funding is intended to compensate for the $100 million lost in revenue from billing Medicaid on behalf of 80% of their patients.

Critics may question why more funding is needed despite the recent state support.

“That helps to backfill all of the visits that we were not reimbursed for this last year in the Sexual and Reproductive Health program,” she said.

Dalton said Planned Parenthood remains committed to its core reproductive services while expanding its offerings.

“If you were going to get this service anyways and you want to support Planned Parenthood, why not do it together?” said Dalton.

One patient said the ideal situation would that there were no funding cuts that threaten the ability for community members to receive essential health services.

“I am personally interested in receiving Botox now and again, and I’d be going somewhere to do that anyway. The fact that I now get to do that Planned Parenthood and am supporting the effort to offset the devastating budget cuts they’ve experienced,” she said.

Currently, only a couple of clinics offer these beauty services, but the plan is to expand them to all 30 clinics. Additionally, Planned Parenthood is offering Botox at a much cheaper price than med spas, at $9 a unit compared to $12 or $15.

See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel