{"id":216492,"date":"2020-01-08T08:30:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T14:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=216492"},"modified":"2020-01-07T17:11:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T23:11:41","slug":"massachusetts-abortion-facility-verge-closing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/massachusetts-abortion-facility-verge-closing\/","title":{"rendered":"Third busiest abortion facility in Massachusetts could soon shut its doors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the busiest abortion facilities in Massachusetts may be shutting its doors soon, and is begging for donations to help stay open. Women’s Health Services in Brookline, a suburb of Boston, claims to only have a few months left if it doesn’t get more money, fast — even though it is\u00a0the third busiest abortion facility<\/a> in the state.<\/p>\n

Women’s Health Services (WHS), which has been open for 27 years, launched a GoFundMe page with the hope of raising $250,000; so far, it is far short of that goal. Allegedly, the loss of a grant has left them with a financial deficit, requiring them to raise money to stay open. \u201cIf our clinic disappeared, many New Englanders would not have their urgent medical needs met,\u201d the clinic wrote<\/a>. \u201cAs an independent provider that serves a vulnerable population and receives no government funding in politically uncertain times, it is devastating to imagine WHS closing its doors.\u201d<\/p>\n

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According to the Boston Globe<\/a>, WHS did not receive any government funding cuts, but did fail to receive a relief grant from the National Abortion Federation. However, Planned Parenthood rushed to blame the potential closure on pro-life laws. \u201cIndependent abortion providers are a key part of the ecosystem of abortion access and are essential parts of their communities. When politicians chip away at abortion access, independent providers can carry the heaviest burdens while fighting with fewer resources,\u201d Dr. Jennifer Childs-Roshak, chief executive of the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, told the Boston Globe. \u201cIn a time of ongoing political attacks on health care access, we need all doors to stay open.”<\/p>\n

This is an interesting statement, given the fact that Planned Parenthood centers now\u00a0make up over 51% of the nation’s abortion facilities<\/a>, and the corporation has a reputation<\/a> for driving independent facilities out of business.\u00a0As previously reported<\/a>, Planned Parenthood is grabbing more and more of the market share for abortion facilities, and they have likewise been opening mega-facilities across the country — which then crowds out small, independent facilities like WHS. It’s the same principle as when a Walmart opens in a small town and forces mom-and-pop shops to close. But of course, it doesn’t suit planned Parenthood’s agenda to admit that they’re a large part of the reason so many small facilities close — even if the smaller facilities commit abortions Planned Parenthood doesn’t, like WHS.<\/p>\n