Once the largest abortion facility in the western hemisphere, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast in Houston has announced it will shut down on September 30.
This marks a major milestone for the Pro-Life 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.
Planned Parenthood wrote in an email Friday 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 last week 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 upcoming 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;
- Strengthening alternative women’s health providers; and
- Praying tirelessly.
But while brick-and-mortar clinics in Texas are disappearing, new challenges are emerging 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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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.
But we have a chance—right now—to stop this deadly trend.
Governor Greg Abbott has called Texas officials back to the Capitol to pass more laws. This is our second chance to tackle the abortion pill crisis head-on.
Lawmakers have fewer than 30 days to act. The Texas Senate and House must move quickly to pass the Woman and Child Protection Act—a critical policy to help shut down these dangerous abortion pill networks and hold traffickers accountable.
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.
You can help make that happen.
Send a message to Texas lawmakers TODAY. It’s quick. It’s prewritten. And it could save thousands of children from abortion.
Will you stand up for Texas’ preborn babies?
Take Action! Contact State Officials:
Dear Lieutenant Governor Patrick and Speaker Burrows,
I’m writing to urge you to pass the Woman and Child Protection Act in the July special session. We must address the growing danger of abortion pills in Texas. Over 19,000 of these pills are mailed into our state each year—often from unregulated websites—putting women at serious risk and ending the lives of innocent preborn children.
The Woman and Child Protection Act by Sen. Bryan Hughes and Rep. Jeff Leach would stop traffickers and distributors of these deadly drugs while protecting women from prosecution. The bill allows families to seek justice if a woman is harmed or killed by these lethal drugs.
Please take swift action and pass the Woman and Child Protection Act by Hughes and Leach in the special session. Texas must continue to lead in protecting Life.
Thank you for your leadership.
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