(The Lion) — Planned Parenthood has closed almost 70 facilities in 2025, a shift the group links to recent limits on federal funding.

A new report from the organization says the closures follow changes to Medicaid and Title X reimbursements that took effect earlier this year.

The organization says it has now shut down 20 more locations since the federal defunding took place, on top of nearly 50 closures earlier in the year. The cuts followed the passage of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which placed a one-year block on taxpayer dollars going to abortion providers through Medicare and Medicaid. As a result, groups performing abortions no longer qualify for those reimbursements.

Some abortion centers responded by reducing hours, but Planned Parenthood opted to pull out of many communities altogether.

The organization’s president, Alexis McGill Johnson, criticized the funding changes.

“They are intentionally dismantling health care for patients most in need and pushing Planned Parenthood health centers further to the financial brink,” Johnson said.

Pro-life researchers note community health centers still serve far more women than Planned Parenthood.

A recent report from the Charlotte Lozier Institute highlighted the contrast, pointing to “more than 8,800 community health centers that provide comprehensive care to vulnerable populations and offer women’s health services, in comparison to just 579 Planned Parenthood centers as of spring 2025.”

Those centers also provide prenatal care and primary care, which Planned Parenthood does not emphasize.

In several states where abortion remains legal, Christian ministries are expanding outreach. The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention launched a new effort called “Across State Lines” to place ultrasound machines in those states.

Organizers say they want to support women facing unexpected pregnancies and encourage them to see the child developing in the womb.

Gary Hollingsworth, interim president of the ERLC, said Southern Baptists “stand firmly on the truth that God has created all people, from the moment of conception, in his image and endowed them with the right to life.” He said he hopes the machines help mothers “see this truth.”

Rachel Wiles, who leads the ERLC’s Psalm 139 Project, said the effort is focused on “serving vulnerable women” and encouraged churches in pro-life states to help ministries in pro-abortion states.