A new analysis from the pro-life Charlotte Lozier Institute confirms that defunding Planned Parenthood will not limit women’s access to real healthcare.

The nation’s largest abortion vendor is set to lose taxpayer funding for at least a year due to a federal budget passed this July. Recently, the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Planned Parenthood can be defunded as legal battles continue.

While the nation’s largest abortion vendor argues millions of women will be harmed, particularly those on Medicaid, the truth is they will not.

“Thousands of alternatives already provide comprehensive health care that Planned Parenthood doesn’t and are important options that can help fill the gap,” the Charlotte Lozier Institute reported on Sept. 16. “Additionally, some data from states that have excluded Planned Parenthood from state family planning programs indicates that many factors affect access to health care, and that the health care system adapts after Planned Parenthood stops receiving taxpayer funding.”

The think tank lists common alternatives available to women. First, there are Federally Qualified Health Centers. These provide both primary care and speciality care and are specifically designed to help lower-income individuals, operating on a sliding scale. They do not commit abortions.

Second are Rural Health Clinics, which operate in a similar manner. The Charlotte Lozier Institute has previously found there are about 15 of these “community health centers,” either rural health clinics or FQHCs,  for every one Planned Parenthood.

Other sources of care include private doctor’s offices that accept Medicaid as well as pregnancy health centers.

The report notes that FQHCs already provide more healthcare than Planned Parenthood. “In 2024, FQHCs provided 2,287,075 pap test visits for 2,063,097 patients, compared to the 173,397 pap tests reported by Planned Parenthood,” the report finds. Even if these centers absorbed all of Planned Parenthood’s patients, which is not likely, they would just need to “increase their total volume of pap test patients by just 8%.”

Women need real, life-affirming healthcare. But Planned Parenthood’s primary focus is on killing babies in the womb; that’s why it refuses to stop committing abortions even though it would mean access to Medicaid dollars. Women will be just fine without Planned Parenthood. Millions already get their healthcare elsewhere.