Planned Parenthood is on the defensive like never before, and the landscape of abortion in America is changing fast. Thanks to the Trump administration’s successful push to strip the nation’s largest abortion business of taxpayer dollars, dozens of Planned Parenthood facilities have already shuttered their doors this year—and pro-life advocates say the wave is only beginning.
According to new data from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, 41 Planned Parenthood clinics have closed or are slated to close in 2025. And if the organization’s own lawsuit is to be believed, as many as 200 of its affiliates could ultimately disappear once the full defunding measure takes effect.
Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of SBA Pro-Life America, did not mince words: “Life is winning. The One Big Beautiful Bill’s provision defunding Big Abortion is not even fully in effect and still 41 Planned Parenthoods have closed or will close soon. Imagine how many more will shut down once they stop receiving half a billion dollars in Medicaid money.”
That “Big, Beautiful Bill”—a budget reconciliation package signed by President Trump in July—was carefully crafted to bypass the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster hurdle. By using reconciliation, Republicans leveraged their trifecta to finally accomplish something pro-lifers have been demanding for decades: ending the pipeline of Medicaid funds to abortion providers.
Critics have long noted that while the Hyde Amendment blocks direct taxpayer funding for abortions (except in rare cases), Planned Parenthood still receives massive sums—over $792 million in taxpayer money in 2023–2024 alone—to keep its network of facilities thriving.
Meanwhile, its non-abortion services have collapsed. Cancer screenings, breast exams, and pap smears are down by more than 50 percent. Contraceptive services are down nearly 40 percent. Planned Parenthood is now overwhelmingly an abortion business—performing a record 402,230 abortions last year, even as other services dwindled.
Dannenfelser and others argue that true women’s health care is available elsewhere. Community health centers that offer mammograms, pap smears, prenatal care, and comprehensive medical services outnumber Planned Parenthoods 15 to 1 nationwide. In other words, women aren’t losing access to care—they’re gaining access to facilities that offer real, holistic medicine without pushing abortion as the first and last option.
Planned Parenthood, however, isn’t going down without a fight. The organization sued the administration immediately after Trump signed the bill, and an Obama-appointed judge has temporarily blocked the defunding provision while litigation continues. That stall tactic allows Planned Parenthood to keep raking in an estimated $2 million per day in taxpayer funds.
But the momentum is not on their side. The Supreme Court recently ruled that South Carolina could exclude Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funds, affirming states’ authority to defund abortion providers. Oklahoma followed suit with an executive order, and other Republican-led states are expected to move quickly.
