Planned Parenthood Closing Some New York Clinics

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In recent weeks, Christian New Yorkers and other pro-life allies received welcome news: Planned Parenthood of Greater New York has announced that its Manhattan clinic will temporarily stop performing abortions on women who are more than 20 weeks pregnant, and that it intends to close four of its 23 New York clinics across the state.

According to The New York Times, Planned Parenthood’s decision to stop performing abortions after 20 weeks’ gestation at its Manhattan clinic will take effect on September 3, 2024. Planned Parenthood has stated that it made this decision due to the cost involved in providing the requisite anesthesia. The Times reports that Planned Parenthood’s Manhattan clinic has been the only Planned Parenthood clinic in the state that provides abortions after 20 weeks’ gestation. The cessation of these late-term abortions is cause for thanksgiving. Unfortunately, however, the Times reports that Planned Parenthood is “‘fully committed’” to performing late-term abortions again in the future, and The City adds that Planned Parenthood hopes to resume committing such abortions within the next six to 12 months.

The four Planned Parenthood clinics to be closed are located in Amsterdam, Cobleskill, Goshen, and Staten Island. Planned Parenthood claims that “‘compounding financial and political challenges’” led to the proposed closures. While it appears that these four clinics do not perform surgical abortions, they do provide pill abortions and so-called “gender-affirming care.” The Albany Times Union reports that the state of New York must approve the closing of any New York abortion clinics. It is hoped that the state will not stand in the way of the proposed clinic closings.

Planned Parenthood of Greater New York has pointed to financial and political challenges as the reasons for its impending cutbacks. More specifically, the organization has indicated that its current financial difficulties result from the New York State Legislature’s decision not to increase the reimbursement rate for Medicaid-funded abortions in the 2025 state budget.

These explanations are, to say the least, perplexing. On the national level, Planned Parenthood’s 2021-2022 annual report showed that it received $670.4 million in government funding, enjoyed net assets worth $2.3 billion, and—despite its nonprofit status—netted $204.7 million in excess revenue. On the state level, the abortion industry—of which Planned Parenthood is a substantial part—has been showered with tax dollars throughout the tenure of stridently pro-abortion Gov. Kathy Hochul.

The abortion behemoth’s claim that political obstacles have necessitated its cutbacks in services is not credible. New York legalized abortion years before the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade and expanded late-term abortion access in 2019 by passing the Reproductive Health Act. Since Gov. Hochul took office, New York has codified an abortion insurance coverage mandate and an abortion pill insurance coverage mandate, imposed onerous reporting requirements on pro-life pregnancy centers, taken steps to facilitate out-of-staters’ access to abortion in New York, and required public universities to promote abortion pill access. Pro-abortion devotees like Gov. Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James hold the highest seats of government power in New York, and pro-abortion Democrats enjoy complete control of the New York State Legislature. Given all this, it is difficult to imagine a more pro-abortion state government than New York’s.

Both the New York State Catholic Conference and Live Action have raised the appropriate question: How can Planned Parenthood be experiencing financial difficulties? Where is all the money going?

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