Planned Parenthood will close its last two facilities in Louisiana by the end of September, thereby withdrawing from the southern US state after more than 40 years of operating there.
The announcement was made in a statement by Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, which cited “anti-reproductive health lawmakers obsessed with power and control” as the driving force behind the decision. Planned Parenthood's two remaining clinics in Louisiana are located in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
A recent US Supreme Court ruling means that US states can cut Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, thereby disqualifying Medicaid users from seeking services from Planned Parenthood providers if the funding has been cut by the state.
