Gov. Janet Mills said Tuesday morning that she will include $2.25 million for Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning in her final supplemental budget to offset cuts that President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans implemented last year.

Mills said the money for the reproductive health organizations will support a range of primary care services, including cancer screenings, birth control and testing, and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases. Mills noted in a Tuesday morning news release that she and Democratic lawmakers gave $6 million to providers last year.

The Democratic governor made the announcement ahead of her final State of the State speech set for Tuesday night in Augusta. The Democratic-controlled Legislature is awaiting the rest of the details of the governor’s proposed budget. Mills’ proposal will likely ignite a debate about how to use the state’s $250 million surplus.

The reproductive health care funding proposal by Mills is a response to Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act of tax breaks and health cuts that the Republican-controlled Congress passed last summer. Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning suffered deep cuts thanks to a provision that slashed Medicaid funding for non-abortion services at clinics that provide abortions. Maine Family Planning, which lost nearly $2 million of its annual budget, ended primary care services in October at its clinics in Presque Isle, Houlton and Ellsworth.

Maine Family Planning sought to reverse the cuts in court, but eventually dropped its lawsuit in December. A collection of lawsuits involving Planned Parenthood are pending nationally.

Officials said 63 sites between Maine Family Planning, Planned Parenthood and other clinics serve nearly 30,000 patients in the state.

Mills, who is running for the U.S. Senate, said Trump and Republicans “have made clear that they do not care about the health of Maine people.”

“I won’t stand idly by,” Mills said. “We will deliver here what the federal government has taken away, and we will continue to stand up for health care for Maine people.” 

The White House did not respond Tuesday to a request for comment.