{"id":334963,"date":"2025-07-25T10:45:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=334963"},"modified":"2025-07-29T14:41:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T19:41:43","slug":"planned-parenthood-closures-restructuring-telehealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-closures-restructuring-telehealth\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood closures, restructuring, and telehealth began long before defunding"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While Planned Parenthood shutters facilities and blames it on the defunding in the “Big Beautiful Bill” \u2014 which is not in effect and has been blocked<\/a> by a judge \u2014 is it actually experiencing a crisis, or is it manufacturing one to gain money and power?<\/p>\n

In part one<\/a> of this series, Live Action News detailed how prior financial shortfalls and deficits played a role in the closure of Planned Parenthood facilities before any plans for federal Medicaid defunding. In addition, its services, clients, and donors have been declining for decades.<\/p>\n

And as previously touched upon, Planned Parenthood had already chosen<\/a> to move toward a more virtual business model in order to remain solvent, yet it has disingenuously chosen to blame federal Medicaid defunding for its facility closures and staff layoffs.<\/p>\n

Restructuring, closures, and even the expansion of its telehealth program to ALL of its affiliates<\/strong> began long before<\/strong><\/em> any discussion of federal defunding.<\/p>\n

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