Planned Parenthood closes Louisiana clinics after 40 years due to financial and political pressure
Planned Parenthood ends over 40 years of reproductive health services due to political pressure and restrictive laws, impacting more than 10,600 patients annually, officials said.
- Planned Parenthood has shut down all operations in Louisiana after 40 years due to relentless political attacks and obstacles.
- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill welcomed this move as a win for the pro-life movement, having fought hard to rid the state of the organization.
- Some women expressed concerns about accessing reproductive healthcare services previously provided by Planned Parenthood.
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Planned Parenthood closes Louisiana clinics over ‘relentless’ political pressure: ‘They saved my life’
Planned Parenthood shuttered its two clinics in Louisiana over what the organization said were mounting financial and political challenges that made operating in the state no longer possible.


BATON ROUGE, La.

Planned Parenthood closes Louisiana clinics after 40 years due to financial and political pressure
Louisiana's only two Planned Parenthood locations have closed after 40 years. The organization says the closure Tuesday is the result of political attacks and funding woes, following President Donald Trump’s spending and tax plan that eliminates Medicaid reimbursements for organizations that provide
'I'm kind of in shock': Inside Planned Parenthood's last day of operation in Louisiana
Louisiana's two Planned Parenthood locations had their final day of operation Tuesday after ongoing legal battles with the Trump administration caused the nonprofit to lose Medicaid funding.

Leaders react to last day for Planned Parenthood in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) -- Tuesday is the last day of operation for Planned Parenthood health centers in Louisiana. Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast announced in August that the Baton Rouge and New Orleans locations would close after Sept. 30. President and CEO Melaney Linton said the closures are "a direct result of relentless political assaults." "Anti-reproductive health lawmakers obsessed with power and control have spent decades fig…
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