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CNA Staff, Nov 15, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Here is a roundup of recent pro-life- and abortion-related news:
Nearly 70 Planned Parenthood centers have closed nationwide in 2025
Nearly 70 Planned Parenthood centers have closed this year due to Medicaid and Title X funding cuts, according to a recent Planned Parenthood report.
Planned Parenthood has closed 20 facilities since federal defunding earlier this year following a round of nearly 50 other closures.
President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act prevented federal taxpayer dollars from being used to subsidize abortion providers for one year, meaning abortion providers don't currently qualify for federal Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements.
Rather than giving up abortion offerings, abortion providers like Planned Parenthood are closing clinics across the country.
Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, called the defunding "cruel."
"They are intentionally dismantling health care for patients most in need and pushing Planned Parenthood health centers further to the financial brink," Johnson said in a Nov. 12 statement.
Community health centers, meanwhile, vastly outnumbered Planned Parenthood locations in the U.S., according to a report by the pro-life Charlotte Lozier Institute.
There are "more than 8,800 community health centers that provide comprehensive care to vulnerable populations and offer women's health services, in comparison to just 579 Planned Parenthood centers as of spring 2025," a Charlotte Lozier Institute report reads.
Group to fund ultrasound machines in states where abortion is legal
A leading Christian group is launching a program to place ultrasound machines in states where abortion is legal.
The Across State Lines program, launched by the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), is meant to be "lifesaving" and "missional," according to organizers.
Across State Lines will work with Baptist state conventions to place the machines.
Gary Hollingsworth, ERLC interim president, said Southern Baptists "stand firmly on the truth that God has created all people, from the moment of conception, in his image and endowed them with the right to life."
He said he hopes the ultrasounds will help mothers "see this truth."
The Psalm 139 Project will fund the cost of ultrasound machines and training.
Rachel Wiles, who directs the Psalm 139 Project, said the project is about "serving vulnerable women" with a "missional" attitude.
"Southern Baptists are strongly pro-life and are missional people — whether ministering to others across an ocean or across the street," Wiles said.
"In the same way, we are asking those who live in more conservative states with pro-life laws to consider reaching across state lines with a missional mindset, ultimately saving preborn lives and supporting mothers who face unplanned pregnancies," Wiles said.
Pro-life group to invest $80 million in midterms
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America (SBA) is investing $80 million in the 2026 midterm elections to preserve a pro-life majority in the U.S. House and Senate in battleground states.
SBA, along with Women Speak Out PAC, plans to reach 10.5 million voters through canvassing, advertising, mail, and early vote campaigns, prioritizing pro-life voters who do not vote consistently in midterm elections.
According to an SBA press release, campaigners will make 4.5 million home visits to voters in battleground states such as Iowa, Georgia, Michigan, and North Carolina.
Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of SBA, said pro-life voters "are the heart and soul of the Republican Party," referring to a CNN poll that found that President Donald Trump would not have won the election if 1% to 2% of pro-life voters had stayed home.
"The party that once claimed the position of 'safe, legal, and rare' is now the party of abortion anytime, anywhere, paid for by the taxpayer," Dannenfelser said in a statement.
