In this issue:
- Though it has been three years since the Dobbs decision handed the decision-making ability regarding abortion to the states, and many have restricted or banned abortion, Planned Parenthood’s abortion numbers have continued to rise.
- STOPP’s most recent Planned Parenthood facilities report highlights crucial information you must know—and pass on—about the abortion giant.
Three Years after ‘Dobbs,’ the Spiritual Battle against Abortion Rages On
By Katie Brown Xavios
As I reflected on the three-year anniversary of the landmark Dobbs decision, I couldn’t help but realize that the legal battle against abortion has set us back further than many of us assumed it would.
Even though Planned Parenthood facilities are closing faster than they are opening, abortion numbers are on the rise. And what’s worse is that the dawn of telehealth abortion has increased abortion pill usage to now account for more than 70% of all abortions. We have a real crisis on our hands, and thanks to Planned Parenthood’s willingness to skirt pro-life laws, there is no such thing as a pro-life state in America.
So what do we do? As I took interviews with reporters over the last few days, this was the common question each interviewer asked as the dust of the facts settled in.
Despite the doom and gloom of this data, there IS hope. And we have real options that allow us to save babies and moms at the grassroots level.
Here is my action plan for grassroots pro-lifers to combat Planned Parenthood and abortion:
- If you don’t do so already, pray the rosary for an end to abortion. Join ALL’s Marian Blue Wave program to pray for these intentions. We even send weekly reminders so you don’t forget! In the last five years, over 10,000 people have committed to pray with us. We must ask our Blessed Mother for her powerful intercession to end abortion. To Jesus through Mary has always been a hallmark of STOPP’s method.
- You don’t have to change the world, just the world around you. Become an advocate for life in your home and your community. The people around you need to know that you are a trusted source for information on life. You’d be surprised how many people around you right now have no clue what is going on in the pro-life movement. Start a kind conversation at the dinner table; you’ll be amazed what planting a pro-life seed can do!
- Form a group of concerned parents and monitor your local school district for Planned Parenthood’s involvement. When you find that they are there, take action to expose them. Read Jim Sedlak’s book Parent Power!! for more details. The PP curriculum is often well guarded, but it can be available for purchase from the publisher. Once that is in your hands, the truth is yours to spread.
- If you have a Planned Parenthood facility near you, contact STOPP today to form an action plan to get it out of your community.
Never lose hope! We must place our trust in God that He will guide us as we continue to work for the end of Planned Parenthood and abortion!
Latest STOPP Report Highlights That While Planned Parenthood Facility Numbers Are Decreasing, Its Abortion Numbers Continue to Rise
By Katherine Van Dyke
STOPP just released its 2025 Planned Parenthood Facilities Report, after a four-year hiatus from this specific report. STOPP investigated the trend of Planned Parenthood facilities opening and closing from January 2022 through May 2025, counting the number of brick-and-mortar facilities that perform surgical abortions and provide pill abortions and contraceptives.
STOPP’s report found that between January 2022 and May 2025, 66 facilities closed, 20 facilities reopened/opened, and 10 are temporarily closed, leaving a total of 509 facilities to currently operate.* The closure of these 66 facilities is great news but simultaneously presents us with a deeper challenge to face: Planned Parenthood’s abortion numbers are rising each year!
According to its 2023-2024 annual report, Planned Parenthood admitted to killing 402,230 preborn children in abortion, a 2.42% increase from its reported numbers last year. This number does not count abortion pill deaths, nor does it count the deaths that can occur from contraceptive abortions, as there is no way to know or count how many babies are killed from contraceptives, leading STOPP to speculate that many more deaths occurred than even the reported number.
So how can Planned Parenthood’s most “lucrative business” of abortion continue to increase when facilities continue to decline in number? Unfortunately, Planned Parenthood uses several methods to put abortion pills into the hands of people all over the United States, not only through its referrals to online abortion pill distributers but through its telehealth abortions. STOPP discovered that Planned Parenthood’s Direct app, telehealth visits through its facilities, its patient navigator service to provide travel and lodging for women to travel out of state for abortions, and its newest telehealth option of virtual “health” centers are all ways in which it is able to make money off of ending innocent preborn life.
Our facilities report provides insight into the function and number of these virtual methods and how Planned Parenthood, in the midst of all its facility closures, is still able to operate its abortion business via the Internet.
The fight against shutting down Planned Parenthood is now stronger than ever. STOPP’s research presents these facts about facility closures and the growth of virtual abortions to show just how crucial it is to continue this fight head-on against the biggest abortion organization in our nation, and not with incremental steps. Our government, at both the federal and state levels, must defund the organization for good.
As long as Planned Parenthood exists, rest assured that we at STOPP will never stop our efforts.
*Note: In the weeks since this report was released, two temporarily closed facilities reopened, and a facility in Vermont closed, leaving us with 510 facilities currently operating. These numbers are always fluctuating.
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