{"id":221161,"date":"2020-04-01T18:45:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T23:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=221161"},"modified":"2020-04-01T14:44:34","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T19:44:34","slug":"planned-parenthood-california-closed-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-california-closed-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly a dozen California Planned Parenthood abortion business close during COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>

(Pregnancy Help News<\/a>) – Eleven Planned Parenthood locations in the state of California have closed amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

The sites are closed “until further notice,” according to the abortion giant’s website.<\/p>\n

News of the California Planned Parenthood closures was released courtesy of\u00a0Californians for Life.<\/a><\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood staff indicate this may last until at least the end of April, according to the pro-life group.<\/p>\n

The abortion centers closed in California include City Heights Center in San Diego, Corona Center of Corona,\u00a0Eagle Rock Health Center of Los Angeles, Manteca, Modesto, Planned Parenthood Basics of Lakewood, South San Francisco, Visalia, West Oakland, Wohlford Clinic in San Francisco and Woodland.<\/p>\n

The various centers are run by one of the following: Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest, Inc.,\u00a0Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley, Inc., Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, Planned Parenthood Los Angeles and\u00a0Planned Parenthood Northern California.<\/p>\n

\"planned

PP Closures screenshot from Californians for Life.<\/p><\/div>\n

Several other states\u00a0have acted to restrict abortion<\/a>\u00a0in one form or another during the COVID-19 outbreak, including\u00a0Ohio<\/a>, Texas, Maryland, Louisiana, and Mississippi.<\/p>\n

The bans are typically part of states’ overall moratoriums on “elective,” “non-essential” or “non-urgent” procedures. As the United States takes extreme, unprecedented measures across the board to sanitize and quarantine public and private places alike, citizens are prohibited from just about every activity outside their homes in an effort to slow the spread of the virus, and the healthcare sector braces for an expected tsunami of coronavirus patients for which supply shortages are feared could be catastrophic.<\/p>\n

Through the bans, states acted to preserve personal protective equipment (PPE) so drastically needed for both patients and the healthcare professionals who are serving and will serve them.<\/p>\n

However, despite this, some abortionists have thumbed their noses at their state order and continued to conduct abortions anyway, in some case\u00a0absent any semblance of observance of CDC social distancing guidelines<\/a>\u00a0issued for the pandemic.<\/p>\n

The scenario has sparked significant debate over the question of just how “essential” an abortion procedure is, while also highlighting disregard in the industry for safety protocols.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Singer Alicia Keys almost aborted her son, but a song helped her choose life instead<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A coalition representing more than 30,000 pro-life U.S. physicians\u00a0released a statement earlier this week<\/a>\u00a0saying that, “continuing to perform elective abortions during a pandemic is medically irresponsible,\u201d and that, \u201celective abortion is neither ‘essential’ nor ‘urgent,’ but it does consume critical resources such as masks, gloves, and other personal protective equipment, and unnecessarily exposes patients and physicians to pathogens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Californians for Life reported California has over 90 Planned Parenthood abortion centers still open.<\/p>\n

While the popular and successful 40 Days for Life vigil\u00a0has been suspended<\/a>\u00a0due to do the pandemic, its\u00a0prayer devotionals<\/a>\u00a0are still available for individuals to pray at home.<\/p>\n

Many pregnancy help organizations (PHOs) are remaining open and amending their approach to adapt and streamline providing essential, life-saving services and resources to clients.<\/p>\n

Heartbeat International<\/a>, its 24\/7\u00a0bi-lingual pro-life contact center<\/a>\u00a0Option Line\u00a0<\/a>and the\u00a0Abortion Pill Rescue Network<\/a>\u00a0continue to serve clients and PHOs, assisting the latter in meeting the needs of women throughout the virus pandemic. Heartbeat has\u00a0resources<\/a>\u00a0available<\/a>\u00a0to help the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Editor’s note:<\/strong>\u00a0This article was originally published at PregnancyHelpNews.com<\/a> and is reprinted here with permission.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Pregnancy Help News) – Eleven Planned Parenthood locations in the state of California have closed amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The sites are closed “until further notice,” according to the abortion giant’s website. News of the California Planned Parenthood closures was released courtesy of\u00a0Californians for Life. Planned Parenthood staff indicate this may last until at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":452,"featured_media":30390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[7077,4,3473],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nNearly a dozen California Planned Parenthood abortion business close during COVID-19<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"11 Planned Parenthood businesses in California have temporarily closed "until further notice" due to the coronavirus pandemic.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-california-closed-covid-19\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nearly a dozen California Planned Parenthood abortion business close during COVID-19\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"11 Planned Parenthood businesses in California have temporarily closed "until further notice" due to the coronavirus pandemic.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-california-closed-covid-19\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-01T23:45:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-04-01T19:44:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/closed-sign-e1485141281863.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"215\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lisa Bourne\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lisa Bourne\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-california-closed-covid-19\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-california-closed-covid-19\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lisa Bourne\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/4ccde1157a9cd3456e685de12a7addf4\"},\"headline\":\"Nearly a dozen California Planned Parenthood abortion business close during COVID-19\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-01T23:45:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-04-01T19:44:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-california-closed-covid-19\/\"},\"wordCount\":580,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Guest Column\",\"Issues\",\"Newsbreak\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-california-closed-covid-19\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-california-closed-covid-19\/\",\"name\":\"Nearly a dozen California Planned Parenthood abortion business close during COVID-19\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-01T23:45:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-04-01T19:44:34+00:00\",\"description\":\"11 Planned Parenthood businesses in California have temporarily closed \\\"until further notice\\\" due to the coronavirus pandemic.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-california-closed-covid-19\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-california-closed-covid-19\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-california-closed-covid-19\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Nearly a dozen California Planned Parenthood abortion business close during COVID-19\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Live Action News\",\"description\":\"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, & Pro-Life Issues\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Live Action\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"width\":701,\"height\":710,\"caption\":\"Live Action\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/4ccde1157a9cd3456e685de12a7addf4\",\"name\":\"Lisa Bourne\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/08bb6f63cd2bfbf30604dea31b2bb39d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/08bb6f63cd2bfbf30604dea31b2bb39d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lisa Bourne\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/lisa-bourne\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nearly a dozen California Planned Parenthood abortion business close during COVID-19","description":"11 Planned Parenthood businesses in California have temporarily closed \"until further notice\" due to the coronavirus pandemic.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-california-closed-covid-19\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nearly a dozen California Planned Parenthood abortion business close during COVID-19","og_description":"11 Planned Parenthood businesses in California have temporarily closed \"until further notice\" due to the coronavirus pandemic.","og_url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-california-closed-covid-19\/","og_site_name":"Live Action News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","article_published_time":"2020-04-01T23:45:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-04-01T19:44:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":330,"height":215,"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/closed-sign-e1485141281863.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lisa Bourne","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@liveaction","twitter_site":"@liveaction","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lisa Bourne","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-california-closed-covid-19\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-california-closed-covid-19\/"},"author":{"name":"Lisa Bourne","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/4ccde1157a9cd3456e685de12a7addf4"},"headline":"Nearly a dozen California Planned Parenthood abortion business close during COVID-19","datePublished":"2020-04-01T23:45:06+00:00","dateModified":"2020-04-01T19:44:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-california-closed-covid-19\/"},"wordCount":580,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Guest Column","Issues","Newsbreak"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-california-closed-covid-19\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-california-closed-covid-19\/","name":"Nearly a dozen California Planned Parenthood abortion business close during COVID-19","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-04-01T23:45:06+00:00","dateModified":"2020-04-01T19:44:34+00:00","description":"11 Planned Parenthood businesses in California have temporarily closed \"until further notice\" due to the coronavirus pandemic.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-california-closed-covid-19\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-california-closed-covid-19\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-california-closed-covid-19\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nearly a dozen California Planned Parenthood abortion business close during COVID-19"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","name":"Live Action News","description":"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, & Pro-Life Issues","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization","name":"Live Action","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","width":701,"height":710,"caption":"Live Action"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/4ccde1157a9cd3456e685de12a7addf4","name":"Lisa Bourne","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/08bb6f63cd2bfbf30604dea31b2bb39d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/08bb6f63cd2bfbf30604dea31b2bb39d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lisa Bourne"},"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/lisa-bourne\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221161"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221161"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221174,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221161\/revisions\/221174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}