Planned Parenthood of Greater New York is selling off their well-known Manhattan location, citing financial struggles and “social and political obstacles.” According to The Gothamist, the organization plans to list the building for a staggering $39 million, blaming low reimbursement rates as a key factor in their decision.
The Greater New York Planned Parenthood President and CEO, Wendy Stark, says the organization will use funds from the sale to provide services for “underserved communities – the people who need us most.” Stark refuses to recognize preborn babies as a vulnerable community in need of protection. Instead, Planned Parenthood targets and kills preborn children for financial gain.
New York abortionists committed around 125,480 abortions in 2023, with Planned Parenthood facilities contributing 30,467 abortions to this total. The Manhattan closure could protect more women and children from the horrific consequences of abortion, including trauma or death.
This isn’t the first time financial struggles have led Planned Parenthood of Greater New York to scale back operations. Four New York Planned Parenthood facilities closed last fall, including the only one on Staten Island.
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Around this time, they also announced they would halt in-person abortion procedures after 20 weeks due to the cost of deep sedation for patients. Their website now says they no longer perform in-person abortions, but they still offer abortion pills up to 11 weeks of pregnancy. The abortion pill, which enables Planned Parenthood to push abortion with less overhead costs, kills a preborn baby by starving him or her of essential nutrients and expels the little life from his or her mother’s womb.
Although shutting down the Manhattan abortion facility is a huge victory, it doesn’t necessarily mean abortion is declining. Instead, the battleground has shifted. With in-person procedures scaling back, Planned Parenthood is doubling down on telehealth abortions—making it easier for women to obtain dangerous abortion pills without medical oversight.
In Wendy Stark’s public statement, she reflected on the Manhattan facilities’ impact and stated, “Its legacy is cemented in history.” Only five years ago, Planned Parenthood grappled with their “legacy” rather than celebrating it when they denounced their problematic founder, Margaret Sanger. Sanger participated in the eugenics movement and left behind a “racist legacy,” according to Planned Parenthood.
The Manhattan facility displayed Sanger’s name until her denouncement in 2020. Karen Seltzer, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Board Chair at the time, stated, “The removal of Margaret Sanger’s name from our building is both a necessary and overdue step to reckon with our legacy and acknowledge Planned Parenthood’s contributions to historical reproductive harm within communities of color.”
Planned Parenthood’s financial struggles and facility closures represent a win for Life, but we must continue to boldly advocate for women and the preborn. Until all abortion mills close – and until abortion becomes unthinkable – thousands of women and babies remain in danger.
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