People protest the leaked draft opinion of the Supreme Court's intent to overturn Roe v. Wade, in San Francisco on May 3, 2022. A KFF poll of young women under 30 found that nearly 40% consider abortion rights to be the most important issue in the 2024 presidential election. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News)

Santa Clara County will provide up to $3 million to a Planned Parenthood office in San Jose to help expand its medical and reproductive care services following a unanimous vote Tuesday by the county’s Board of Supervisors.

Supervisors Cindy Chavez and Susan Ellenburg introduced the funding proposal in anticipation of Planned Parenthood Mar Monte seeing an uptick in women both in the county and from other states seeking abortion services.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.