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Planned Parenthood Closures and Service Cuts Spread as Medicaid Ban Takes Effect

An appeals court cleared a one-year Medicaid cutoff to take effect, prompting clinic shutdowns and service suspensions.

Moonlight Phillips, right, and Victoria Williams, members of the Louisiana Coalition for Reproductive Freedom, arrive at Planned Parenthood on the day they are closing, to deliver cards and flowers to the organization, in New Orleans, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Members of Louisiana Coalition for Reproductive Freedom and supporters arrive at Planned Parenthood on the day they are closing, to deliver cards and flowers to the organization, in New Orleans, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
FILE - Vanessa Shields-Haas, a nurse practitioner, walks from the lobby toward the examination rooms at the Maine Family Planning healthcare facility, July 15, 2025, in Thomaston, Maine. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, file)

Overview

  • Planned Parenthood closed its New Orleans and Baton Rouge clinics after more than 40 years, leaving Louisiana the most populous state without a Planned Parenthood presence.
  • Arizona’s affiliate stopped serving patients covered by the state’s Medicaid program on Oct. 1, halting STI testing, cancer screenings and family planning for AHCCCS members.
  • Maine Family Planning will end its primary care services on Oct. 31 after losing about $2 million in Medicaid reimbursements, notifying nearly 1,000 primary care patients of the change.
  • Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin paused abortion services in an effort to preserve Medicaid reimbursements for other care under the new federal restriction.
  • The one-year ban blocks Medicaid payments to nonprofit providers that offer abortions and received over $800,000 from Medicaid in 2023, and Planned Parenthood warns up to 200 clinics and 1.1 million Medicaid patients could lose access.