Once the largest abortion facility in the western hemisphere, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast in Houston shut down today, September 30!
Pro-Life activists gathered throughout the day in celebration, thanking God for this victory! This marks a major milestone for the movement but also shows a shift in the abortion industry’s tactics. Anti-Life groups are now selling abortion pills online in all 50 states.
Background:
Planned Parenthood wrote in an email on July 25 that it will close two Houston clinics: its biggest facility on I-45 and its Southwest center. Four other Planned Parenthood locations in the area will stay open—Northville, Northwest, Spring, and Stafford.
The abortion business closed its Tyler clinic in July but continues to operate in Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Lubbock.
Infamous for its role in the undercover videos exposing the sale of aborted baby body parts, Planned Parenthood Prevention Park has long been a hub of controversy. Even after abortion became illegal in Texas, the Houston location pivoted into an abortion referral center, sending women out of state to end their pregnancies.
Its closure is a major victory for Life—proof that persistent efforts to protect the preborn are having an impact:
- Defunding Planned Parenthood at the state level;
- Banning elective abortion;
- Blocking the group from Medicaid funds;
- Cracking down on abortion pill travel;
- Strengthening alternative women’s health providers; and
- Praying tirelessly.
But while brick-and-mortar clinics in Texas are disappearing, challenges remain in the form of mail-order abortion pills and out-of-state networks.
This is a victory—but also a call to stay vigilant.
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What Now?
Today, it’s easier than ever to kill a baby—all a woman needs is her phone and a mailing address. Even in Texas, abortion pill websites are illegally shipping drugs straight to women’s homes and dorm rooms.
However, Texas just passed a law to crack down on these traffickers’ deadly schemes.
Governor Abbott stood with Pro-Life Texans on Wednesday, September 17, by signing the Woman and Child Protection Act. This policy will allow citizens to sue abortion pill companies and activists who illegally kill preborn babies, even if they’re hiding in other states.
Now it’s time for the Trump Administration to act. President Trump can follow Texas’ lead by enforcing the Comstock Act—a long-standing law that bans sending abortion drugs and other obscene materials through the mail. If enforced, this law would immediately block abortion pills nationwide, even in Democrat-run states. All President Trump has to do is uphold it.
Women do not need abortion. They need real help, resources, and support to carry their baby into the world. Children need a chance, a hope, and a future—not destruction.
We pray that pregnancy resource centers in Houston will continue to rise to meet the need—stepping in where Planned Parenthood once profited, and saving more innocent lives than ever before.
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