In recent months, more than two dozen Planned Parenthood locations have announced they will close. / Credit: Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 25, 2025 / 17:25 pm (CNA).
More than two dozen Planned Parenthood facilities across the country in recent months have announced plans to shut down amid funding concerns caused by new federal rules that prevent the abortion giant from receiving Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements.
As of Friday, July 25, the growing number of Planned Parenthood facility closures has reached at least 25, which span across 10 states. The most recent announcement came yesterday, July 24, with Planned Parenthood Mar Monte indicating its plan to shut down five facilities in northern California.
On July 4, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which put a one-year freeze on Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements for Planned Parenthood. The provision is being challenged in court, but a federal judge this week allowed the freeze to go into effect for most Planned Parenthood affiliates.
Some of Planned Parenthood's facilities announced closures before the bill's passage in anticipation of the funding cuts while others have begun announcing closures this week.
"We are heartbroken and outraged to have to close five of our health centers and sunset three crucial services," Planned Parenthood Mar Monte wrote in an Instagram post.
In the post, the Planned Parenthood affiliate called the defunding provision "a back-door ban on abortion in reproductive freedom states."
The affiliate will still operate 30 other abortion clinics in California and Nevada.
Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins referred to the news as "a win for babies in California," a state she said is "a hub for late-term abortions," in a statement on X.
Planned Parenthood affiliates are also shutting down four facilities in Iowa, four in Michigan, four in Minnesota, two in Ohio, two in Utah, one in Vermont, one in New York, one in Indiana, and one in Texas.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America stated on July 1 that the defunding provision could force the abortion network to shut down nearly 200 clinics, which is 60% of Planned Parenthood's facilities.
Marjorie Dannenfelser, the president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, said in a statement provided to CNA that Planned Parenthood should "look in the mirror for the reason their centers are shuttering."
"Planned Parenthood's focus is on abortions, gender transitions, and political spending — all while raking in hundreds of millions from taxpayers," Dannenfelser said. "Many times they've been offered a path to keep their funding by dropping abortions, but they refuse. Meanwhile, they have no monopoly on health, as women already go to community health centers that provide much more comprehensive care and are more accessible, outnumbering Planned Parenthoods 15:1 nationwide."
Michael New, a senior associate scholar at the pro-life Charlotte Lozier Institute, told CNA that "it should come as no surprise that Planned Parenthood is responding to the federal funding cutoff by closing some of its facilities," noting that Planned Parenthood receives hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funds annually.
New said Planned Parenthood closures "should be seen as a win for the pro-life movement."
"Even those Planned Parenthood facilities that do not perform abortions still do abortion referrals," New said. "Furthermore, when a Planned Parenthood closes, that means that there are fewer people who work for the abortion industry. Finally, Planned Parenthood's contraception and sex education programs create a more promiscuous culture that result in more abortions."
Under long-standing federal law, Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements were not available for most abortions. But before the new law went into effect, Planned Parenthood was able to obtain reimbursements from those programs for non-abortive services.
According to Planned Parenthood's annual report for July 2023 through June 2024, about 40% of the abortion network's total revenue came from taxpayer money, a large portion of which was obtained through Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements. Over that year, Planned Parenthood was given nearly $800 million in public funds.
