Planned Parenthood predicted that the passage of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill would lead to the closure of 200 of their clinics nationwide. Now that the bill has passed, we’re starting to see some of those impacts.
Planned Parenthood will close its Evansville, Indiana, location in September…
Closing the Evansville clinic is a proactive step to be able to streamline resources to continue care across the state, said Rebecca Gibron, the president and CEO at Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky (PPGNHAIK).
And in Texas:
The Tyler office of Planned Parenthood has permanently closed its doors.
A notice on the clinic’s website stated that they are no longer open as of July 17. The clinic also stated that though in-clinic services have ended, Tyler-area patients can still access service by making a telemed appointment.
And another announcement in Ohio last week:
Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio is closing its Springfield and Hamilton health centers effective Aug. 1.
Nan Whaley, president and CEO of the organization, confirmed that clinic staff will be subject to layoffs but the specifics are unclear.
“While not all positions can be retained, every effort is being made to minimize layoffs and ease the transition for affected employees,” a July 17 news release said.
However, despite this recent trend, the fight continues in court where Planned Parenthood sued to block enforcement of the provision in the bill which says certain clinics cannot receive Medicaid money if they perform abortions.
Planned Parenthood sued the Trump Administration on July 7 over a provision in the new domestic policy law that effectively bars its health clinics from receiving Medicaid payments for any medical services. The same day, the judge issued a 14-day restraining order that allowed virtually all Planned Parenthood affiliates to continue receiving Medicaid payments. That order has expired.
The initial restraining order expired but yesterday the judge issued a split decision which some news outlets are reporting as a loss for President Trump but which is also clearly a big loss for Planned Parenthood.
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Monday night that allowed only a fraction of Planned Parenthood health centers to receive Medicaid payments for services like birth control, annual checkups and tests for sexually transmitted diseases. While the judge is open to extending the injunction to cover more clinics, for now most of them are not covered by the order…
Judge Indira Talwani, of the Federal District Court in Massachusetts, said that in all, 10 affiliates were covered under her injunction, including Planned Parenthood Association of Utah, Planned Parenthood of Delaware, Planned Parenthood Greater Texas, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, and Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi…
The provision in the law applies to nonprofit health centers that provide abortions, but with a threshold that only Planned Parenthood health centers seem large enough to meet: entities that generated $800,000 or more in revenue from Medicaid payments in the 2023 fiscal year.
Planned Parenthood has 47 affiliates nationwide so only 10 of them are protected by this decision and only until the court case itself is decided. Meanwhile, in states where abortion is legal, the federal money has been cut off. For instance, in California.
California Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the state, lost all federal funding this week under a preliminary court order that allows the money to be withheld while a larger legal dispute plays out…
In the Monday night ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani stated that Planned Parenthood’s arguments show a “substantial likelihood of success,” but her order did not apply to most of the organization’s nearly 600 clinics. Instead the only clinics that may continue to receive funding while the lawsuit is ongoing are those that do not provide abortions because they are located in states where it is banned. Smaller health centers that received less than $800,000 in federal funds will also be allowed to receive federal reimbursements…
In California, the funding loss amounts to roughly $300 million and jeopardizes the sexual and reproductive health clinic network’s ability to keep its doors open throughout the state, said Jodi Hicks, president and chief executive of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California.
And the same is true in Colorado:
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains said Medicaid patients still will be unable to receive services at its clinics despite a partial victory in federal court on Monday…
The following week, Adrienne Mansanares, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, warned that the change would affect thousands of Colorado patients…
Manzanares said in an interview with CPR Tuesday that the ruling meant Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains could not resume care for Medicaid patients.
As I pointed out here, there is a way around this for PP. They could simply decide not to offer abortions and, by doing so, they could be added to the list of affiliates still able to receive Medicaid funds. But of course, PP isn’t going to do that. They want to talk about all the routine health care they provide for people, but when it comes to a choice between doing that work and abortions, they are going to continue providing abortions no matter the cost to their other patients. Planned Parenthood expressed disappointment with the new ruling:
In a statement responding to the ruling, the Planned Parenthood groups said, “This isn’t over. While we’re grateful that the court recognized the harm caused by this law, we’re disappointed that not all members were granted the necessary relief today.”
“The court has not yet ruled on whether it will grant preliminary injunctive relief to other members. We remain hopeful that the court will grant this relief. There will be nothing short of a public health crisis if Planned Parenthood members are allowed to be ‘defunded,’” they added.
Normally, this might be a moment where California’s Gov. Newsom would be eager to ride to the rescue and offer PP a stack of money to keep the doors open. But California had a big budget deficit last year thanks to Newsom’s decision to expand Medicaid to illegal immigrants. So the state had to trim its spending this summer to avoid future deficits and probably won’t be offering up $300 million for Planned Parenthood.
What this means is that we’re likely to see a lot more PP clinics in blue states closing over the next few months. In fact, if PP’s own estimate is correct, we should see several closing each week.
Finally, it’s worth noting that PP may still lose this case and that yesterday’s ruling may not stand.
Planned Parenthood does not have a constitutional right to continue receiving taxpayer dollars. Judge Talwani’s latest order not only undermines the express wishes of Congress and President Trump when they defunded Planned Parenthood in the One Big Beautiful Bill, but it sets a… pic.twitter.com/icDMXwKAdb
— Carrie Severino (@JCNSeverino) July 22, 2025
Planned Parenthood does not have a constitutional right to continue receiving taxpayer dollars. Judge Talwani’s latest order not only undermines the express wishes of Congress and President Trump when they defunded Planned Parenthood in the One Big Beautiful Bill, but it sets a dangerous precedent by suggesting that Congress cannot make decisions on how tax dollars are spent.
Talwani also defies the common-sense principle that money is fungible when she pretends the government did not explain how the law “relates to Congress’s goal of reducing abortion.” Really?
I expect the Trump Administration will have success in appealing this order.
Stay tuned.
