Patton Rouge, Los Angeles – On Tuesday, family organization closed its clinic in Louisiana about what the organization said that they have escalated the financial and political challenges that made work in the state no longer possible after more than 40 years.
The closure makes Louisiana only the four states with no family planning sites.
The director emphasizes the pressure on family planning because it warns of the broader closure operations throughout the country in the face of Medicaid’s financing discounts in President Donald Trump Tax and spending bill. The organization also stopped the call to Louisiana, where Republican leaders of the state chanted closures.
Melanie Linton, President and CEO of the Gulf Coast, said that the closures “were not the result of the lack of need”, but rather the result of “uncomfortable political attacks and that made it impossible for us to work in a sustainable manner in Louisiana.”
Supporters said that the closure will have a harmful effect on Louisiana, as the planned paternity has never been licensed to perform abortion in the state, but provided other medical care services to about 11,000 patients last year at Batton Rouge and New Orleans clinics.
Defenders and medical professionals fear that the departure of the organization will exacerbate reproductive health care in the event that the data and prevention control centers are already showing one of the highest mothers’ death rates in the country. In addition, a report on the Legislative Audit Office in March indicated the significant OB-GYN deficiency in the state and health care deserts.
Trump Plan for spending and taxes It guides the federal government to End the medical aid payments For one year for some miscarriages. While the organization It seeks to restore its financing Through the courts, family officials have warned that about a third of a clinic of nearly 600 clinics can be forced to close.
Earlier this year, five clinics in California and Eight in Iowa and Minnesota Close their doors. Last week, Solid Wisconsin She announced that she would stop providing abortion, and said to Arizona, that it would stop the services funded by medical aid.
Louisiana joins Wyoming, North Dakota and Mississippi as a state in which the organization is absent.
“This is a win for children, winning mothers, and winning for life!” Republican ruler Louisiana Jeff Landre posted on social media on Tuesday.
Availability of planned paternity A wide range of servicesIncluding cancer tests and sexually transmitted infection testing. Medicaid’s federal funds were not already paid for miscarriage, but the subsidiary companies relied on Medicaid to stay standing on his feet.
In Louisiana, a mandate with one of the highest poverty rates in the country, 60 % of patients used the planned beds clinics. Last year, clinics in Louisiana provided approximately 30,000 sexually transmitted infections, 14,400 offspring visits, 1,800 cancer tests and 655 ultrasound.
Nearly a decade ago, Jordin Martin said it has turned into family organization when she could not bear the costs of medical services anywhere. While in the clinic, the doctor gave Martin a free test of HIV. A week later, her virus was diagnosed.
“I saved the family organization in my life,” said Martin, who continued to volunteer in the organization.
Outside the family planning clinic in New Orleans on Tuesday, many people gathered and brought thanks to the organization that spent four decades in Louisiana. Inside the building, to the closure, employees have worked to connect patients with healthcare healthcare providers.
Starting on Wednesday, calls will be transferred to Louisiana’s family numbers to the nearest site in Texas or Arkansas.
Michelle Erinberg, head of the abortion rights group in New Orleans called LIFT, said people are calling her for help to find new clinics. She said it is important to link people to service providers, but concerns about the pressure you will have in the already delayed clinics.
She said: “If the patients will be able to get the appointments quickly, or access to all the services provided by family planning, they are not known at this stage.”