“They that hate thee, shall be clothed with confusion: and the dwelling of the wicked shall not stand” Job 8:22.
Perhaps no organization has been more consistently a “dwelling of the wicked” than Planned Parenthood. Since its establishment in 1921 as the American Birth Control League, hatred for the unborn has been its centerpiece.
Yet for decades, its dwelling stood. Men and women of great power and wealth supported it. The organization influenced presidents, governors, legislators and courts. It maintained a presence in the biggest cities and many small towns. Its intertwined capital P logo was known from coast to coast. Until recently, it appeared that Planned Parenthood would be a permanent scar on the face of America.
Dismantling and Destruction
Today, its empire of death is in disarray. One reason is Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the 2022 case that overturned the infamous Roe v. Wade. Overnight, the organization went from a national carte blanche to commit procured abortion to a situation where it faced fifty different sets of rules. Now, state regulations range from nearly total prohibition to permission to kill children until the moment of birth.
Additionally, Planned Parenthood’s “cash cow,” surgical abortions, have been replaced in many cases by chemical processes of self-administered poisons. These are far less expensive and can be obtained by ordering the pills online. However, this procedure is potentially dangerous, despite claims to the contrary.
The current administration’s policy also threatens the organization’s financial situation. While the current president, unfortunately, still favors allowing the fatal procedures to continue, he is unwilling to use taxpayer dollars to pay for them. Hitherto, these government funds made up a substantial portion of Planned Parenthood’s income.
California Nightmare
These financial considerations have led to many locations closing and others significantly reducing their activities. Surprisingly, Planned Parenthood Mar Monte (PPMM), the largest affiliate in the country, is especially hard hit. Until recently, PPMM operated thirty-five facilities in California and Nevada. Despite the two states’ extremely permissive abortion laws, PPMM has closed five locations since May. An Instagram post makes the reason for the closures painfully clear. “The Trump administration budget bill recently passed by Congress has ‘defunded’ Planned Parenthood…This law is clearly a back-door ban on abortion in reproductive freedom states….”
Troubles in Texas
Texas has far more restrictive abortion laws. Some might think Planned Parenthood would be very busy with the procedures that are allowed. However, the situation there is similar to that in California. Things are closing down.
For ninety years, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast (PPGC) provided “services” to the people of Texas and for forty years to Louisianans. That grizzly record ended on September 30, 2025. That day, after closing two of its six facilities, it ceased operations. One closed center was the largest in the country. The four remaining outlets fell under the control of Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas (PPGT).
A statement from PPGC’s president, Melaney Linton, makes it evident that the changes in government policy lie at the heart of the changes. She complained of “relentless, coordinated efforts to dismantle access to sexual and reproductive healthcare across our region.” She continued, “And let’s be clear: having to reduce PPGC’s future footprint in Houston is heartbreaking, infuriating, and the direct result of these sustained political attacks.”
Way Down South
Perhaps, though, the most dramatic dismemberment process, described in a recent Mother Jones article, is taking place down south. In addition to problems common to all the other affiliates, Planned Parenthood Southeast (PPSE) is in the throes of internal revolt.
On one side are the stalwart pro-aborts who work in PPSE’s facilities. On the other side is PPSE’s interim CEO and much of the board, who hope a more moderate approach might help them weather the storm in three of the most anti-abortion states in the Union—Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.
The embattled leader is Mairo Akposé. In an email to Mother Jones, she tried to reconcile God and killing the unborn. “My story is filled with adversities and triumphs. Through it all, my faith has guided me. The same faith grounds my belief in bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom—in every person’s right to access quality, compassionate care, including abortion care, and to receive accurate information that empowers them to make the best choices for their lives.”
However, past and current PPSE employees aren’t buying their boss’s attempt to appear religious or her outreach to pro-lifers. While she tries diplomacy, the employees want a barricade-storming ideologue. The leftist website Prism describes the employees’ position and the actions they are taking.
Fomenting Discord
“In a new online campaign titled Save PPSE, former workers allege that the branch has been taken over by leaders who do not align with the organization’s pro-LGBTQIA+ and abortion rights mission, including Interim CEO Mairo Akposé, who started as a human resources consultant and rose through the ranks within a year. Akposé’s time with PPSE, the campaign alleges, has included unexplained layoffs, new hires with little to no experience in nonprofits, and retaliation and transphobic harassment from management.”
Planned Parenthood finds itself in a microcosm of the nation’s current distress. For decades, liberals controlled most cultural and bureaucratic institutions and made liberal values mainstream. Thus, they tried to impose procured abortion as a women’s health issue or an expression of freedom without involving a moral judgment.
Fortunately, there was a reaction in which conservatives raised the moral issue of procured abortion as the murder of innocent life. This position turned the abortion issue into one of the most contested issues in the nation.
On the other side, more socialist and less patient leftists—those dubbed “woke” demanded immediate and more radical action.
The result has been a disintegration of the center. The left is especially torn between its moderate and extremist wings. In some cases, this is tearing the movement asunder.
The Path Ahead
For those who embrace the traditions of Western Christian civilization, the course is clear. Now is the time for increased resolve. That is true whether the enemy is Planned Parenthood, a school board, a bureaucracy or any of the old liberal outposts.
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