(Oregon Right to Life News) — Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon is ending operations early next year, laying off all 75 of its employees. The changes come after Planned Parenthood closed two of its southern Oregon locations in Ashland and Grants Pass.
This week, Planned Parenthood of Southern Oregon announced in a press release it would be shutting down in February 2027 after 60 years. In its place, Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette will expand to absorb Southern Oregon, becoming “Planned Parenthood of Oregon and Southwest Washington.”
All 75 employees of Planned Parenthood of Southern Oregon will be laid off, effective February 12th. They have been encouraged to apply for positions within the new organization.
“Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon has been carrying out abortions for over 60 years,” Oregon Right to Life Executive Director Lois Anderson said in a press release. “It is a positive development that they are now forced to dissolve, just as it is good news that the Planned Parenthood facility in Grants Pass has permanently closed its doors.”
The Trump administration’s one-year freeze of federal funding for Planned Parenthood led to similar shutterings nationwide. Even though funding resumed in July of this year and pro-abortion governments like Oregon’s have backfilled the lost federal dollars using state tax dollars, many Planned Parenthood facilities have been unable to recoup losses.
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“Like other rural and nonprofit providers, we are navigating real pressures from rising costs and low reimbursement rates,” Amy Handler, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon, said in a statement.
KVAL reported that the new, expanded Planned Parenthood will oversee operations at 12 existing abortion facilities in Beaverton, Bend, Eugene, Medford, Milwaukie, Ontario, Portland, Salem, and Vancouver (Washington), providing “birth control, cancer screenings, STI treatment, menopause care and abortion care [sic].” It will also continue to operate telehealth services statewide.
“While Planned Parenthood’s executives here in Oregon have made it clear that their services will continue under the new umbrella, we’re hopeful that the closure of the Grants Pass location, which comes after the Ashland location closed several years ago, is a sign of more to come,” Anderson said in the press statement. “Pro-life pregnancy resource clinics are a far better alternative to Planned Parenthood, helping to serve women and families with truly empowering, life-affirming options.”
In the 2025 fiscal year, Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette and Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon recorded over 100,000 visits by more than 66,000 patients, KVAL reported. Dr. Sara Kennedy, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette, told OPB that abortions comprise about 10% of overall visits.
Available data shows that Planned Parenthood facilities in Oregon routinely perform the majority of abortions in Oregon. Oregon Health Authority recorded 9,860 abortions in 2024. Between July 2023 –June 2024, Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette reported an estimated 7,843 abortions. Planned Parenthood Southwestern Oregon reported 1,467 abortions from July 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024.
Planned Parenthood representatives have made clear that their operations will not cease with the shuttering of Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon. The move, however, points to ongoing financial difficulties and follows the closure of abortion facility locations in Grants Pass and Ashland.
The Grants Pass location was temporarily closed for two years and is now permanently shuttered. The Ashland location also permanently closed its doors in recent years.
