"The president of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast said the closures were forced by "compounding political attacks that have dismantled public health infrastructure, (and) blocked patients from care." The closures follow a court ruling last month that affected the clinics' ability to accept Medicaid reimbursements for providing patient care, by clearing the way for a provision of President Trump's tax and spending bill to be implemented."
""A federal court has allowed the Trump administration's 'defunding' of Planned Parenthood to take effect, blocking patients with Medicaid from accessing care in our health centers," the organization said in mid-September. Planned Parenthood said Texas has barred the organization from the state's Medicaid program since 2021, but that the latest ruling means Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast can no longer accept Medicaid in its Louisiana health centers."
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast closed two Louisiana clinics in Baton Rouge and New Orleans after political pressures and a court ruling blocked their ability to receive Medicaid reimbursements. A federal decision enabled a provision of the federal tax and spending law that halts Medicaid payments to certain abortion providers, preventing the clinics from accepting Medicaid. Texas had already barred Planned Parenthood from its Medicaid program since 2021, and the ruling meant the Louisiana centers could no longer take Medicaid. The closed clinics had not offered abortions in their 40-year history. The New Orleans clinic served roughly 16,000 STI patients and nearly 9,000 family planning patients last year. Planned Parenthood warned of possible additional closures nationwide.
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