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Planned Parenthood Closes Two Remaining Clinics in Louisiana

HeadlineOct 02, 2025

Planned Parenthood says it has closed its two remaining clinics in Louisiana, making it the fourth — and most populous — U.S. state without a Planned Parenthood location. In a statement, Planned Parenthood’s Gulf Coast chapter said the closures were not due to a lack of need, but were rather “the direct result of relentless political assaults that have made it impossible to continue operating sustainably in Louisiana.”

Meanwhile, a federal judge in Texas has transferred a case challenging the right to medical abortions to a federal court in Missouri. It’s a district packed with anti-abortion judges who were appointed by President Trump. Attorneys general in Missouri, Kansas and Idaho are suing to restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone. In a statement, Reproductive Freedom for All said, “Mifepristone has been safely used by millions for more than two decades and remains under threat because anti-abortion politicians are determined to ban and restrict it everywhere, even in states where abortion is protected. This is yet another blatant attempt at forcing a backdoor abortion ban.”

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