Dozens of Planned Parenthoods have closed in recent years but abortions are still at record highs: report

July 1, 2025

A new report shows that despite the closure of dozens of U.S. Planned Parenthood facilities, in the past 4 years, the number of abortions performed has reached a record high.

The Christian Post reports that the American Life League’s 2025 Planned Parenthood Facilities Report shows that Planned Parenthood facilities have declined to just 509, as of May 2025.

That’s a decrease from the 536 facilities in 2024 and 554 that were open in both 2022 and 2023, marking a consistent pattern of decline for more than two decades.

The report states, “Within the last four years, however, 66 facilities closed permanently, 10 temporarily
closed, and 20 new locations have opened, bringing the new total of open brick-and-mortar facilities to 509.”

Planned Parenthood, in its 2023-2024 annual report, claims to have performed a record 402,230 abortions while receiving nearly $800 million in taxpayer funding.

The American Life League attributed the higher abortion numbers despite fewer facilities being open to the growing use of abortion pills, such as mifepristone.

American Life League National Director Katie Brown Xavios said, “Planned Parenthood is leveraging the Internet to skirt state abortion laws,” adding, “Even in states where abortion pills are restricted, women can book virtual appointments and receive abortion drugs in the mail. This is not only unethical, it’s illegal.” 

Last month, Planned Parenthood said that as many as 200 of its facilities could close if federal lawmakers advance President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Act, which contains a provision to strip federal funding from the organization.

According to the Christian Post, several states have banned or restricted abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision which determined that the U.S. Constitution does not contain a right to abortion.

Planned Parenthood’s facility closures have taken place both in states that have implemented abortion restrictions as well as states that have few or no restrictions on abortion.

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