Fact-check: Have Planned Parenthood clinics been closing down?

Viral Facebook post: Planned Parenthood clinics are “closing down all over the country” because Roe v. Wade was overturned. PolitiFact's ruling: Mostly False Here's why: Planned Parenthood has long said that abortion services account for only 3% of the health services its clinics provide across the country. Contraceptive services, by comparison, make up 34%, according to the organization. The U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 overturned Roe v. Wade, ending federally protected access to abortion and returning power to the states to set their own laws. Since then, where people can access the service in the United States has been severely curtailed. And some social media posts are suggesting that Planned Parenthood hasn’t been frank about how much the organization relies on abortions for its own financial stability.

"Why are Planned Parenthood clinics closing all across the country if abortion is only ‘3%’ of their business model?" a June 27 Facebook post said. Other Facebook users are sharing a screenshot of a tweet that says: "Why are Planned Parenthood clinics closing all over the country? I thought abortion was only 3% of their business." These posts were flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. We asked Planned Parenthood about the claim, and Lauren Kokum, director of affiliate communications for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, told us that "no Planned Parenthood health centers have closed since the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe." Providers that offer abortion services are not limited to Planned Parenthood. And there’s no doubt that the Supreme Court’s ruling is leading to the closure of abortion clinics around the country as the residents of some states come under new restrictions and abortion bans. While there have been news reports of Planned Parenthood clinics suspending or ceasing abortion services in some places, we didn’t find evidence to support the claim that clinics themselves have closed since the ruling.