Why is Planned Parenthood closing centers that don’t offer abortion?

Live Action News’ Danny David reported yesterday that a Planned Parenthood in Scranton, Pennsylvania, plans to close December 1. The center provided services other than abortion, though it did offer abortion referrals. Currently, 35 Planned Parenthood centers exist in Pennsylvania, with 10 of those committing abortions. The Scranton center is the seventh Planned Parenthood to close in the state in three years.

If it seems we are reporting of Planned Parenthood closures on a fairly regular basis, it’s because we are.

American Life League’s STOPP Planned Parenthood International reported at the end of 2015 that 23 Planned Parenthood centers closed just that year. The organization’s non-abortion services have been on the decline. However, we know from the group’s annual reports that Planned Parenthood’s abortion numbers have gone up even as the group’s legitimate health services have trended downward. STOPP notes that in 2015:

STOPP also notes that “[t]he growth of medication-only abortion centers in the United States has been driven almost exclusively by Planned Parenthood,” which “operates 90 percent of all such centers in the country.”

Wow, this is pretty stunning for an organization claiming that abortion only comprises 3 percent of its services — a claim wholly debunked by Live Action in the video below:

Debunking Planned Parenthood's "3%" Abortion Myth

Today, Operation Rescue mentioned the trend of Planned Parenthood closings, stating that while Planned Parenthood is “downsizing,” the organization seems to be trimming mainly centers which don’t offer abortion:

This should come as no surprise, since in 2011, Planned Parenthood announced that by 2013, it would require every affiliate to offer abortions… and this has since come to pass.

But Planned Parenthood’s consolidation is dangerous for women for more than just the risk of rushing women through surgical abortions.

It’s risky because Planned Parenthood is beginning to capitalize on medication abortions utilizing the abortion pill regimen. As STOPP noted, for the first time, 2015 marked a greater number of “medication-only abortion centers” for Planned Parenthood than its surgical facilities.

Women have been led to believe that this method of abortion is safer and easier than a surgical abortion. But for many women, this has not been the case at all. And Planned Parenthood has, for years, dispensed the abortion pill regimen against FDA safety protocols. Instead of getting in line for the sake of women’s safety, Planned Parenthood and its friends in the abortion industry pushed for relaxed safety guidelines… and got their wish from the FDA, earlier this year. Live Action News’ Kristi Burton Brown noted:

Former abortionist Dr. Anthony Levatino explains the abortion pill procedure and its risks in the video below:

1st Trimester Medical Abortion: Abortion Pills

As STOPP rightly points out, more abortion that Planned Parenthood doesn’t have to deal with may be good for their business, but that’s about all it’s good for:

Planned Parenthood may ‘care, no matter what.’ But what they care about is their bottom line.