A Kaiser Family Foundation report found that dozens of Planned Parenthood facilities have closed since January 2025 as Title X funding was withheld, states gained Medicaid flexibility and abortion-vendor defunding remains under debate in Congress.
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Nearly 60 Planned Parenthood facilities have closed since President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation report that points to federal funding actions, court rulings and temporary defunding measures as factors affecting the organization’s footprint.
The June 8 KFF report found that 57 Planned Parenthood facilities have shut down over roughly the past 18 months. The report said the closures came during a period when the federal government withheld certain family planning grants, the Supreme Court affirmed state authority over Medicaid vendor participation and Congress approved a temporary funding freeze affecting some abortion providers.
“In the spring of 2025, the federal Title X family planning program withheld grant payments to 144 Planned Parenthood sites in 20 states,” the report stated.
The report also cited the June 2025 Supreme Court decision in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, which affirmed that states may exclude vendors from their state Medicaid health insurance programs.
Another factor was the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which temporarily defunded some abortion vendors for one year. That funding freeze is set to expire July 4 unless Congress acts to extend it.
While KFF described Planned Parenthood as a provider of services such as pap smears, STD testing and breast exams, the report also found that only a small share of reproductive-age women on Medicaid who received family planning care used Planned Parenthood clinics.
“Nationally, one-in-10 (10%) reproductive age women covered by Medicaid who received family planning services got their care at a Planned Parenthood clinic, which is similar to the 11% in 2021,” the report states.
The closure figures are similar to data tracked by the pro-life American Life League. Katie Xavios, the group’s national director, told LifeSiteNews that its research identified 51 permanent closures in 2025 and six more so far in 2026.
“According to our research, there were 51 permanent closures in 2025, and there have been six so far in 2026,” Xavios said by email. “We have tracked these closures across 20 states.”
Xavios said Planned Parenthood has been shrinking for years and disputed the claim that the organization is essential to the country’s health care system.
“It is first and foremost an abortion provider, and similarly, no one needs abortion,” she said. “Women who find themselves pregnant need compassionate care and real options that affirm that there are two patients, not one. PP is incapable of doing that.”
American Life League is urging lawmakers to continue the funding restrictions. Xavios said the group worries that facilities could reopen if federal funding resumes.
“Defunding Planned Parenthood at the federal and state levels would ensure that it continues to shutter more and more facilities,” Xavios concluded.
Pro-life organizations are pressing Congress to extend the cuts before the July 4 expiration date. Kelsey Pritchard of SBA Pro-Life America, formerly Susan B. Anthony List, said her organization is urging Republican lawmakers to act.
“Through our letter and conversations with leaders on Capitol Hill, we hope to spur Republican lawmakers to do everything within their power to once again defund Planned Parenthood and abortion businesses from our Medicaid dollars,” Pritchard told The Center Square.
Students for Life Action has also called for a longer defunding period, arguing that the issue should remain a priority for Republicans ahead of the midterm elections.
“Students for Life Action asks that the GOP prioritize finishing what they started one year ago, to cut Planned Parenthood & Big Abortion from Medicaid spending for a period of 10 years,” president Kristan Hawkins wrote in a June 4 letter.
The report and responses from pro-life groups come as abortion funding remains a central issue in federal and state policy. With the one-year funding freeze nearing expiration, the next decision by Congress could determine whether Planned Parenthood continues to face financial pressure or regains access to funding streams affected by the current restrictions.
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