Gainesville Planned Parenthood to close, refer patients to telehealth

The Planned Parenthood facility in Gainesville, Florida, has announced it will close its doors at the end of the month due to a decline in patients. The facility has told patients they can still receive telehealth services.

Key Takeaways:

• The Planned Parenthood in Gainesville, Florida, plans to close on June 26.

• The organization blames the closure on a lack of patients.

• It will transition to a telehealth facility — a move that has long been part of Planned Parenthood's business plan.

The Details:

According to The Gainesville Sun, the city's Planned Parenthood business will permanently close on June 26. Patients have been told they can continue appointments through telehealth.

Vice President of Communications for Planned Parenthood of Florida Michelle Quesada said the closure is “due to the Gainesville clinic’s declining patient volume.”

The facility reportedly did not commit abortions, but did offer cross-sex hormones to individuals. 

Michele Herzog, Director of Pro-life Action Ministries Central Florida, told Live Action News that the Gainesville facility "did not do abortions" but was "a major referral center and we are glad they are closing.”

The business's closure was also announced in an Instagram post.

“While this was an incredibly difficult decision, it does not change our commitment to our patients. Patients will continue to have uninterrupted access to high-quality, compassionate care at all PPFL health centers — including Tallahassee and Jacksonville — and via Telehealth, where we have recently expanded services,” the social media post said.

The Big Picture:

In an article announcing the closure, the Independent Florida Alligator claimed that because of the Gainesville Planned Parenthood's closure, "local patients will now have to travel farther for in-person reproductive health services."

But Planned Parenthood is not the only place that offers "reproductive health services," as any OB/GYNs office or federally qualified health center can provide such services.

Planned Parenthood closures are nothing new, as the organization has been actively closing facilities for years. Its move to a telehealth model and abortion pill via telemedicine has been a part of the organization's business plan since at least 2019. It continues to play the victim and lament closures in the press while transitioning to a business model that is more profitable in the long run — killing babies without requiring clients to ever step foot in an office.

The Bottom Line:

Women in Gainesville will not lose access to health care after Planned Parenthood's closure, and Planned Parenthood is likely to continue to do business online. This corporation, riddled with countless scandals and abuses, should be shut down for good across the country.