Planned Parenthood’s health centers in Springfield and Hamilton will continue to shut down this week despite a new judicial order blocking the Trump administration from stripping the organization of medicaid funding.
On Monday, a federal judge out of Massachusetts extended a temporary block on a Trump administration policy that prevents clinics like Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funds if they provide abortion services.
On July 17, Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio (PPSWO) announced it would need to shutter its Springfield and Hamilton health centers – neither of which provide abortion services – as a “direct result” of the federal reconciliation bill, which President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4. The bill, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, bars health care providers that offer abortion services from participating in the Medicaid program, stripping health centers across the country of millions in Medicaid reimbursement funding.
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Ohio Medicaid has never allowed recipients to use Medicaid coverage to pay for abortions, but patients using the health plan have been allowed to pay for other reproductive health services at clinics like Planned Parenthood until the federal changes. Thousands of low-income Ohioans use the Springfield and Hamilton clinics for basic preventive health care services, like STI testing and treatment, birth control, cancer screenings and more.
While Monday’s judicial block is indefinite, Planned Parenthood tells CityBeat the damage has already been done, and the future is still uncertain.
“There’s just really no way around the amount of funding loss that came with this for us,” said Maya McKenzie, communications manager for PPSWO. “The smaller affiliates are having a harder time kind of playing touch and go with the changing ability to offer this care. There’s a lot of concern that later on, if, for example, the administration challenges the injunction or tries to get it lifted in the next few weeks, or later on the DOJ files for us to pay it back after the injunction expires, those are two things that we can’t really afford right now.”
Nan Whaley, president of PPSWO, said the organization was forced to close the Hamilton and Springfield clinics in order to preserve abortion care access at other Planned Parenthood clinics. Planned Parenthood’s Cincinnati and Kettering clinics still provide abortions through 22 weeks into pregnancy.
“Make no mistake: this was not a decision made by Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region,” Whaley said following the announcement. “We took every possible step to keep these centers open, but the devastating impact of state and federal political attacks has forced us into this very difficult position.”
Ohio’s recently passed two-year state budget also factored into the decision to close the health centers, Whaley said. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine kept a trigger in the budget that would automatically end Medicaid expansion coverage for about 770,000 low-income adults (most of whom are employed) if the federal government reduced its funding share below 90%.
“Planned Parenthood was often the only trusted provider for comprehensive reproductive and sexual health care in these communities,” Whaley added.
PPSWO said the closures to the Springfield and Hamilton health centers will take effect on Aug. 1. Patients were given notice of the closure via mail and in MyChart, along with information to find alternative providers in their communities. PPSWO said patients should still be able to access secure health records via MyChart or by request.
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This article appears in Jul 23 – Aug 5, 2025.