By TV6 News Team
Published: Apr. 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM EDT|Updated: 18 hours ago
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - Planned Parenthood of Michigan says it will permanently close its Marquette Health Center, effective Apr. 30, with the last patient appointments taking place Apr. 25.
Planned Parenthood says it’s also closing its Petoskey and Jackson locations.
For most of Upper Michigan, the closest Planned Parenthood location after the closures will be the health center in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The closest in lower Michigan will be the Walker Health Center in Traverse City.
Planned Parenthood of Michigan says it will “consolidate two health centers in Ann Arbor by May 5 and, over the next few months, work to expand its Virtual Health Center to offer telehealth 7 days per week, including morning and evening hours, providing key services like birth control, medication abortion, and gender affirming care.”
Staffing is also being reduced by 10 percent, impacting clinical, programmatic and administrative teams.
According to Planned Parenthood of Michigan, “This week, the Trump administration is moving to freeze Title X family planning funds due to alleged violations of the president’s ‘DEI’ executive orders. This will deal a devastating financial blow to health care providers like PPMI. And in the coming weeks and months, additional attacks against sexual and reproductive health care providers are expected, including restricting access to medication abortion, restricting Medicaid coverage of Planned Parenthood health services, further restrictions on Title X funding, or even ending the program altogether, as the administration has already done to so many other lifesaving Federal funding streams and agencies.”
On Tuesday, the Associated Press reported, “The federal government has paused $27.5 million for organizations that provide family planning, contraception, cancer screenings and sexually transmitted infection services as it investigates whether they’re complying with the law. The National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association says 16 organizations received notice Monday that funding is on hold. At least 11 Planned Parenthood Federation of America regional affiliates and all recipients of federal family planning, or Title X, grants in seven states, had funding withheld.”
“The Trump administration and its anti-abortion allies have made clear their intention to defund Planned Parenthood and attack access to sexual and reproductive health care nationwide,” Paula Thornton Greear, President and CEO of PPMI, said. “So, while these attacks are devastating, they are not a surprise,” . “Our decision to restructure reflects months of strategic planning and careful financial analysis. These necessary changes strengthen PPMI’s ability to adapt quickly in a challenging political landscape. While implementing difficult decisions is never easy, they are essential to protect our long-term capacity to fulfill our mission and serve Michigan communities for generations to come.”
“As sexual and reproductive health care providers, we’ve faced wave after wave of challenges, from the first Trump administration to the historic overturn of Roe v. Wade,” Dr. Sarah Wallett, Chief Medical Operating Officer at PPMI, said. “We’ve continued to find ways to serve our patients. This evolution of our service model allows us to be flexible in how we weather the storms ahead, while still maintaining our commitment to provide care, no matter what. By expanding our virtual care services and focusing our resources more effectively, we can continue meeting patients’ needs wherever they are in Michigan, even as the health care environment becomes more restrictive.”
You can read the full statement from Planned Parenthood of Michigan here.
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