In this issue:
- As impending funding shortages plague Planned Parenthood, it has begun closing doors. See where and when these facilities are closing.
- This week, we feature a guest commentary from our Celebrate Life Magazine that addresses the absurdity of a recent Planned Parenthood meme and the lies it repeatedly tells.
Planned Parenthood Facility Closure Numbers Update
By Katherine Van Dyke
Following the news that the government plans to defund Planned Parenthood for one year, numerous Planned Parenthood facilities across the country have begun to shut their doors for good. Praise God!
In the month of July alone, the abortion business announced 11 facility closures in the states of Texas, California, Indiana, and Ohio. Just this week, it was announced that the last two Planned Parenthood facilities in Louisiana will close by the end of September 2025, making Louisiana the fourth state without any Planned Parenthood facilities.
These recent announcements keep the current count of Planned Parenthood facilities closures at 39 so far in 2025. (Note: STOPP does not currently count the Manhattan facility on Bleeker Street as a permanent closure, as it continues to operate, and no date has been given as to when the facility will shut down.)
Below is the list of this year’s closures so far, along with each facility’s abortion method (C-Contraception, P-Abortion Pill, S-Surgical Abortion):
California
San Diego (PC)
Gilroy (PC)
Madera (PC)
San Mateo (SPC)
South San Francisco (PC)
Santa Cruz (PC)
Iowa
Ames Health (SPC)
Cedar Rapids (C)
Sioux City (C)
Urbandale (C)
Illinois
Chicago (PC)
Ottawa (PC)
Decatur (PC)
Bloomington (C)
Indiana
Evansville (C)
Louisiana
Baton Rouge (C)
New Orleans (C)
Michigan
Jackson (PC)
Petoskey (PC)
Marquette (PC)
Ann Arbor (PC)
Minnesota
Alexandria (C)
Apple Valley (C)
Bemidji (C)
Richfield (C)
Missouri
Joplin (C)
Nevada
Las Vegas (PC)
New Jersey
Bellmawr (C)
Ohio
Cleveland (C)
Hamilton (C)
Springfield (C)
Pennsylvania
Moon Township (C)
Texas
Tyler (C)
Houston (x2) (C)
Utah
Logan (PC)
Saint George (C)
Vermont
St. Johnsbury (PC)
Something worth noting is that of the 39 facilities, 21 offered contraceptives only (though all 39 offered contraceptives), while 18 facilities commit abortions. While we do not know for certain, STOPP speculates that Planned Parenthood’s facility closures could be prioritized by clinics that provide contraceptives only, as opposed to those that offer abortion pills and surgical abortions.
STOPP will continue to monitor and report as more closures are predicted to happen. For further information on Planned Parenthood’s facility landscape the past few years, please check out our 2025 facilities report here.
Planned Parenthood Meme Wrongly Refers to Abortion as Healthcare and Pretends It’s a Fact
By Susan Ciancio
This article originally appeared in Celebrate Life Magazine at clmagazine.org/post/planned-parenthood-meme-wrongly-refers-to-abortion-as-healthcare-and-pretends-its-a-fact.
In a meme about abortion that it recently posted on X, Planned Parenthood asked “Where does it hurt?” The images underneath the question show three human bodies. The first image has the caption “headache” and depicts a red spot over the head. The second image has a red circle in the stomach and is captioned “stomachache.” The third image shows the entire body painted red and has the caption “hearing someone say abortion isn’t healthcare”—implying of course that this statement hurts a person’s entire body to the core.
Apparently so many pro-lifers commented with the undeniable truth illuminating the absurdity of this post that Planned Parenthood had to shut down replies.
It makes sense that Planned Parenthood doesn’t want people to stand up against its false narrative. It wants the world to believe that killing a tiny baby is akin to having a tumor removed or having an appendectomy.
And so it silences those who dare to speak out and tell the truth.
The irony in its question “Where does it hurt?” can’t be overstated. A baby dies in every abortion. That is the goal. Abortion is not a painless death. Depending on the type of abortion, the baby is either starved to death, has her body ripped apart, or worse.
So where does it hurt the baby? Everywhere.
But we don’t oppose abortion because it’s painful. We oppose abortion because it’s murder. Abortion intentionally takes the life of an innocent and vulnerable person. Acts don’t get much crueler than that.
Healthcare—literally defined as “efforts made to maintain, restore, or promote someone’s physical, mental, or emotional well-being especially when performed by trained and licensed professionals”—does not involve killing someone. It’s simple. But PP believes—sometimes correctly—that frequently repeating this healthcare lie and saying it’s a “fact” will saturate the brains of susceptible young people and turn them to its side. It’s a tactic we, as pro-life people and as human beings, must fight against relentlessly.
How do we do this? With education, with the truth, and with unwavering tenacity.
You see, this is not only a pro-life fight. It’s a human rights fight. Just as the Nazis targeted Jews, the disabled, and those who attempted to protect them, pro-aborts target the preborn and those who attempt to protect them.
Pro-lifers are vilified in the news. Some are literally arrested and prosecuted. We are ridiculed and scoffed at as ignorant. And we are accused of only caring about the baby before he’s born. But one look at the numbers of pro-life pregnancy centers that help moms and babies before and after birth debunks this ridiculous claim.
Pro-life people understand that babies are human beings who deserve protection, love, and a chance to live outside the womb. And thus, many dedicate their lives to serving moms and babies, to spreading the truth with love, and to changing hearts and minds.
Contrast this behavior with Planned Parenthood and other pro-abortion advocates who flood the media with their lies, sometimes even shouting them. These intimidation tactics are meant to cause both fear and compliance.
Their anger about the supposed “right” to kill a baby is not only unfounded but deeply disturbing.
We are talking about the life of a tiny child, yet this tiny child has a target on her back and can be declared unwanted and disposable at any point during her first nine months of life.
The sad reality of what really happens during an abortion is why Planned Parenthood wants to silence pro-lifers. This organization thrives on the fear of an unplanned pregnancy. It flourishes on the blood of dead babies. And it prospers off the money it makes from killing children.
Creating memes that spread lies, targeting young people with fear tactics, and dehumanizing the living child within her mother are all ways Planned Parenthood builds its army of unknowing and naïve recruits. PP cannot survive without these people.
So it is our job to tell the truth about abortion and to teach young people to protect innocent life, to help moms in crisis, and to value all people—born and preborn.Planned Parenthood may be able to silence pro-lifers on its social media posts, but it cannot silence us in the real world. We can—and will—defeat the Planned Parenthood Goliath. Fighting against PP is not an easy task, but it is one we are called to work toward—every day—because every baby deserves a chance to continue living. Every baby deserves a voice.
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