Nearly 70 abortion facilities have closed this year, according to Planned Parenthood

Kate Quiñones, Catholic News Agency

Monday, November 17, 2025

Planned Parenthood has closed 20 facilities since federal defunding earlier this year, following a round of nearly 50 other earlier closures. In related news, a program called Across State Lines is launching a program to place ultrasound machines in community health centers in states where abortion is legal. That program, launched by the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, is meant to be “lifesaving” and “missional,” according to organizers. Planned Parenthood’s president called the defunding “cruel.”