Pro-life group 'elated' after Planned Parenthood shutters Houston facilities: 'Tremendous victory'

PARTICULAR A pro-life group is celebrating a tremendous accomplishment after Planned Parenthood released two of its facilities in Houston Texas will be shutting down this fall as Republican lawmakers continue to target the organization In an unique interview with Fox News Digital Days for Life CEO and founder Shawn Carney a Houston resident expressed both personal and professional elation at the shuttering of the facilities including the -square-foot clinic that he mentioned was the largest abortion facility in the Western Hemisphere This is massive news for the pro-life movement and shows the direction that Planned Parenthood is going which is down Carney explained Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast which runs six clinics in the Houston area and two in Louisiana will close its Prevention Park and Southwest centers on Sept while the other Houston facilities will be acquired by the organization's largest Texas affiliate FEDERAL JUDGE PARTIALLY BLOCKS LAW BANNING ADULTS FROM HELPING MINORS GET OUT-OF-STATE ABORTIONSThis comes amid several closures of Planned Parenthood facilities in various states including New York where the organization is selling its only Manhattan medical center building for million Facilities in GOP-led states with abortion restrictions including Texas have also been forced to cease procedures following the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe V Wade and sent decisions regarding abortion back to the states Now they are closing the largest abortion facility in the world Carney commented Their flagship They're very proud of it in Houston Texas They're completely closing it and it's unbelievable The company cited rising costs staffing shortages and low reimbursement rates as the reasons for closing the two Houston facilities GOP authorities in up-to-date years have made repeated attempts to shut down Planned Parenthood even after nearly all abortions were banned under Texas law The Trump administration has sought to impose funding cuts to Planned Parenthood that could lead to the closure of additional facilities A provision in a GOP-backed bill would end Medicaid payments for one year to abortion providers that received more than from the venture in A judge granted a preliminary injunction earlier this week blocking the ruling body from cutting Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood member organizations that either do not provide abortions or did not meet a threshold of at least in Medicaid reimbursements in a given year Carney reported Days for Life has prayed and held vigils outside the Houston mega-facility since Countless people have gone out offered alternatives We've had pro-life buses outside to do free ultrasounds There have been so multiple lives saved but to be honest it just seemed like they were Goliath and it didn't matter if we were David he noted adding that the behemoth facility even provided late-term abortions at one point They were just going to constantly be open and invariably be victorious FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FROM DEFUNDING A FEW PLANNED PARENTHOOD FACILITIES Carney described the closing of the facilities as a tremendous conquest for the pro-life movement and explained it represents one of the biggest victories that we've had following the overturning of Roe v Wade Planned Parenthood has constantly been very top-heavy in D C and that's been a weakness for the pro-life movement But once the court sent it back to the states it was sending it back to the place where the pro-life movement was the strongest which was the grassroots he mentioned The closure of the two Houston facilities shows more than anything else that the pro-life movement is built for a post-Roe America Carney mentioned adding that Planned Parenthood is not a monster that can't go away They are very very vulnerable When you look at the New York closing and the Houston closing this is what that represents All the nonsense about other services and serving women and helping low-income women Because when you take away abortions or you offer alternatives they close and they close their most of prosperous locations he mentioned