‘Promoting death’: Planned Parenthood soon will exit key state

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Planned Parenthood, the biggest player in America’s lucrative abortion industry, soon will be exiting the state of Louisiana.

Entirely.

It is Liberty Counsel which is reporting that Planned Parenthood will cease all operations in the state effective Sept. 30 by closing its remaining business outlets in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

“The closures follow restrictions in Medicaid funding for abortion facilities in the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ passed by Congress last July, which has prompted Planned Parenthood to shutter dozens of other facilities nationwide,” the report said.

There also has been sustained legal and financial pressures from the executive and legislative branches in the state, which have adopted some pro-life priorities.

“In more than 40 years of operation in the state, Planned Parenthood had never been licensed to perform abortions there. Even though Louisiana legislators banned abortion in nearly all cases with a trigger law that took effect when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Planned Parenthood still helped provide referrals and travel funding for women to obtain abortions across state lines,” Liberty Counsel reported.

The news brought praise from Gov. Jeff Landry, who said abortion “should never be considered health care,” and Attorney General Liz Murrill, who said, “Planned Parenthood built its business around promoting death. Louisiana chooses life. We will always protect women and babies.”

The national organization had said several months ago that because of the defunding provisions in Medicaid, it could close as many as 200 of its 600 business operations nationwide.

In Louisiana, lawmakers further adopted House Bill 575, which allows residents to sue out-of-state health care professionals who mail abortion drugs into the state.

And House Bill 425 now expands protections further by making it illegal to compel a pregnant woman to have an abortion against her will.

“Any organization like Planned Parenthood that kills babies and harms women should not have a place in any state. State officials and legislators should keep up the pressure to defund abortion providers and protect women and children,” explained Liberty Counsel chief Mat Staver.



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