Planned Parenthood now sells Botox, fillers after funding cut

They sell Botox, lip filler and laughing gas.

No — a new beauty-centric dentist hasn’t opened up in California’s State Capitol of Sacramento. In reality, a Planned Parenthood branch in the city is pivoting to make ends meet after the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ tanked funding.

“We’re not your mom’s Planned Parenthood,” a beaming Dr. Laura Dalton, the chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, told KCRA.

Outside of its trademark abortion services, Planned Parenthood Mar Monte is providing women with beauty services like Botox and fillers while also offering access to GLP-1s for weight-loss and nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, for anxiety and pain management.

Dalton said the new services will help Planned Parenthood Mar Monte’s doors to “open wider.”

“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 light of the Trump administration cutting off $100 million to the nation’s largest Planned Parenthood — a medical provider known for providing abortions and menstrual care to women — the California-based branch needed more funds.

Gov. Gavin Newsom provided Planned Parenthood Mar Monte with $90 million earlier this month, mostly filling the gap left by the Trump administration. Dalton said the new services will help the organization “backfill” in funding further for visits that weren’t reimbursed “in the Sexual and Reproductive Health program,” she said.

One patient told KCRA that she wanted to get Botox anyways, so supporting Planned Parenthood was a bonus.

“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.

Dalton agrees with the sentiment.

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

Not every Planned Parenthood in Sacramento is offering beauty services, but the organization plans to expand it to all 30 clinics in the area. They also offer Botox at a cheaper price than med-spas.

While beauty services are emerging in Sacramento Planned Parenthoods, constants remain.

Anti-abortion activists were seen protesting outside of a Planned Parenthood on Sacramento’s B street.

One sign pleaded with customers heading into received Planned Parenthood services, which now includes beauty injections.

“Lost hope? Let’s talk, we can help,” it said.

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