Planned Parenthood to Close Louisiana Clinics by End of September
Governor and attorney general hail decision as pro-life victory amid Medicaid funding cuts.
BATON ROUGE — Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, will shut down its two remaining facilities in Louisiana on September 30, ending more than four decades of operations in the state. The closures, in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, follow Medicaid funding restrictions in the federal “One Big Beautiful Bill," which has already forced dozens of closures nationwide.
Louisiana never licensed Planned Parenthood to perform abortions, though the group provided referrals and travel funding for out-of-state procedures. Since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, Louisiana has banned nearly all abortions under a trigger law.
Governor Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill praised the closures, calling them a victory for the state’s pro-life movement. “Planned Parenthood built its business around promoting death. Louisiana chooses life,” Murrill said.
The shutdown comes as two new laws take effect: House Bill 575, allowing residents to sue out-of-state providers who mail abortion-inducing drugs into Louisiana, and House Bill 425, expanding protections against coerced abortion.
Planned Parenthood had previously stated that up to 200 of its 600 clinics nationwide could close due to the federal funding changes.
Previously, UOJ reported that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued cease-and-desist letters to three abortion-related organizations accused of violating state law by shipping abortion-inducing pills into Texas.
