{"id":93755,"date":"2016-05-02T20:27:48","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T00:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=93755"},"modified":"2016-05-02T21:13:24","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T01:13:24","slug":"iowa-planned-parenthood-abortion-facility-shuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/iowa-planned-parenthood-abortion-facility-shuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood facility in Iowa officially shuts down"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>A\u00a0Planned Parenthood facility in Iowa has officially shut down after it\u00a0announced its closure <a href=\"\/news\/planned-parenthood-is-closing-down-another-iowa-facility\/\">earlier this year<\/a>. The location in Dubuque, which offered medication abortions only, reported a drop in clientele as reason for closure.<\/p>\n<p>The Dubuque location was in operation for eight years, and it is among almost a dozen satellite Planned Parenthood facilities to shutter in recent years.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Planned Parenthood closed\u00a0facilities\u00a0in Red Oak and Creston; and over the years, the abortion giant shut down similar facilities in Ankeny, Fort Dodge, Fort Madison, Knoxville, Newton, Mount Pleasant Storm Lake, Spencer and Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Dubuque County Right to Life posted the following images on its Facebook page, celebrating the closure.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FDCRTL%2Fposts%2F1336004149747415&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"645\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>Marian Boureck, executive director of the Dubuque County Right to Life, told NBC\u00a0that the closure is a victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a victory for women and their unborn children. We stood here every hour that this facility was open for business, to show the women that we care, they are not alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/petition\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68636 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DefundAd-400b.jpg\" alt=\"DefundAd-400b\" width=\"400\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DefundAd-400b.jpg 400w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DefundAd-400b-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boureck noted that pro-life sidewalk counselors helped to save the lives of at least 20 preborn children at the Dubuque Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know of at least 20 babies that have had their lives saved, because we were here to offer positive alternatives,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Alliance Defending Freedom release the following image last year, showing how comprehensive health clinics outnumber Planned Parenthood in the state of Iowa.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-92558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Iowa-Planned-Parenthood-Locations-vs-Health-Center-Alternatives-700x544.jpg\" alt=\"Iowa Planned Parenthood Locations vs Health Center Alternatives\" width=\"474\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Iowa-Planned-Parenthood-Locations-vs-Health-Center-Alternatives-700x544.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Iowa-Planned-Parenthood-Locations-vs-Health-Center-Alternatives-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Iowa-Planned-Parenthood-Locations-vs-Health-Center-Alternatives-768x597.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Iowa-Planned-Parenthood-Locations-vs-Health-Center-Alternatives.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The abortion business&#8217; taxpayer funding has come under scrutiny, as videos released last year revealed Planned Parenthood leadership discussing the procurement of fetal organs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0Planned Parenthood facility in Iowa has officially shut down after it\u00a0announced its closure earlier this year. The location in Dubuque, which offered medication abortions only, reported a drop in clientele as reason for closure. The Dubuque location was in operation for eight years, and it is among almost a dozen satellite Planned Parenthood facilities to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":77283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473],"tags":[1908,2978,6885,7282,7283,921,8636,3246,14],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Planned Parenthood facility in Iowa officially shuts down<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Planned Parenthood abortion facility in Iowa has officially shut down after the abortion giant announced its closure earlier this year.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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