{"id":306711,"date":"2024-02-12T08:37:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T14:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=306711"},"modified":"2024-02-11T18:10:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T00:10:56","slug":"planned-parenthood-closes-facility-iowa-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-closes-facility-iowa-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood closes abortion facility in Iowa capital"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Planned Parenthood is closing its large abortion facility in Des Moines, Iowa, less than a year after closing three of its other facilities in the state.<\/p>\n

Last year, Planned Parenthood North Central States announced<\/a> its plan to close three facilities due to supposed restructuring. Despite claiming they committed 9% more abortions since Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization<\/em> was decided in 2022, overturning Roe v. Wade<\/em>, they said the increased demand led to staffing shortages. The remaining facilities would be in Ames, Des Moines, and Cedar Rapids in Iowa, as well as in Omaha, Nebraska. \u201cI must emphasize that, while the number of Planned Parenthood health centers will decrease, these changes will increase the number of patients that we can see,\u201d spokesperson Mazie Stilwell said at the time.<\/p>\n

Yet now, one of the remaining facilities in Des Moines is closing, too. And again, the corporation claims it was due to staffing shortages.<\/p>\n

We Are Iowa reported<\/a> the Rosenfield Health Center has closed permanently, leaving one facility left in Des Moines. That remaining facility is in the neighborhood of Drake University, making it well-poised to continue it business with college students. Staff will reportedly be split between the Drake facility and the Ames facility.<\/p>\n