Dozens of Planned Parenthood locations shut down after Big Beautiful Bill passage

The passage of President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill earlier this month has already led to the closure of Planned Parenthood locations in several states, most recently five in California.

The bill places a one-year ban on state Medicaid payments to certain clinics that provide abortions, even if they provide additional services. Planned Parenthood complained that this places roughly 200 Planned Parenthood locations—one-third of its centers—at risk of closure. The organization has received as much as $395 million every year from Medicaid alone.

Planned Parenthood sued the Trump administration over the bill, arguing that the new law somehow violates equal protection rights and free speech. Without waiting for the government’s response, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee, immediately issued a temporary injunction against the provision. Talwani provided no explanation other than a brief comment that Planned Parenthood had shown “good cause.” The two-week injunction recently expired, and Judge Talwani extended the injunction— but also narrowed it. The order now covers only 10 Planned Parenthood locations.

‘We are in the fight of our life’

On Thursday, Planned Parenthood was forced to close five locations in California’s Bay Area due to the restricted funding. Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, which ran the clinics, is the organization’s largest affiliate in the country, according to The Daily Wire. The centers were located in San Francisco, San Mateo, Gilroy, Santa Cruz, and Madera. Over 60 workers were laid off.

The shutdowns follow other closures across the country, including Manhattan’s only clinic, two in Utah, two in Texas, four in Illinois, and four in Minnesota. 

“We really feel like we are in the fight of our life,” said Planned Parenthood Mar Monte President and CEO Stacy Cross. “I’ve been a Planned Parenthood CEO for 24 years at three separate affiliates, and I can tell you this is really the hardest it’s been in my entire life,” she added.

The organization has warned the public that Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will prevent Planned Parenthood from offering non-abortion services like cancer screenings and STI testing. However, those services have been dropping dramatically, while the organization has been increasing abortions. Planned Parenthood performed 392,715 abortions in 2022 alone, approximately 40% of all abortions in the United States. The National Review reported last year that for every adoption referral, Planned Parenthood performs over 228 abortions. 

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