Planned Parenthood locations announce closings in three states

Planned Parenthood clinics in Indiana, Texas and Ohio are shutting down, as the organization faces rising political pressure, defunding threats and changes in federal Medicaid policy.

Planned Parenthood leaders say the closures are necessary to maintain operations elsewhere, but pro-life advocates see a different story.

In Indiana, the Evansville location will close in early September.  

Planned Parenthood’s Indiana regional president, Rebecca Gibron, said it’s a move to consolidate resources and focus on the organization’s remaining health centers and growing its telehealth operations. 

“We are working very hard to ensure that we meet the moment of these political attacks, these defunding attacks, because nothing is more important to us than our patients and the care that they need,” Gibron told Indiana Public Radio. 

The Evansville center served about 800 people in 2024. Statewide, the organization reports serving 25,000 people annually, many of whom are on Medicaid or live below the poverty line. 

Meanwhile, in Tyler, Texas, a Planned Parenthood clinic closed on July 17. Pro-life leaders welcomed the news. 

“This is a big victory,” Joy Patterson, women’s pastor at CrossPointe Church in Tyler, told KLTV. “Even though that particular office was not providing abortions in this area, it is our desire to see the organization itself not be a part of society in the U.S.” 

Texas state Rep. Daniel Alders, R-Tyler, added, “It’s important that our culture, that our society has gotten to a point where we recognize, no, unborn children actually deserve to be defended.” 

Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas said the closure was part of a larger effort to adapt to the state’s abortion ban and a lack of government funding. 

“We are so grateful to the Tyler community for support and for our patients for choosing Planned Parenthood as their healthcare provider,” spokesman Autumn Williams said in a statement. 

Additionally, two more Planned Parenthoods are closing in Ohio: Clinics in Hamilton and Springfield will shut down on Aug. 1 following changes to federal law that may prevent Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid dollars. 

“This was not a decision made by Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region,” Southwest Ohio Planned Parenthood president and CEO Nan Whaley said in a statement. “The devastating impact of state and federal political attacks has forced us into this very difficult position.” 

Right to Life Ohio President Mike Gonidakis called the development “a monumental, groundbreaking moment for the pro-life movement.”