10/24/2025
🚨 BREAKING: After receiving termination letters from the Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM), Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio and Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio are challenging the department's decision to prohibit their participation in Medicaid. Both Planned Parenthood affiliates received letters from ODM in September, proposing they be terminated from Medicaid, citing only the federal budget reconciliation act passed this summer, which bars Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid reimbursements.
“We are disappointed but not surprised by this latest politically motivated attack on our ability to care for patients who rely on Medicaid. Anti-abortion politicians are once again using every tool at their disposal to block people from accessing essential, life-saving care at Planned Parenthood, indefinitely. This move is part of a broader, coordinated strategy to push reproductive health care out of reach.
Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio has always complied with all applicable laws and regulations in providing high-quality care. There is no misconduct, no wrongdoing, only a political agenda trying to interfere with our patients' ability to get the care they deserve.
Let’s be clear: there is no legal basis for this action. This is about power and control, not patient health or safety. We won’t back down, and we’ll fight for every person who counts on us.” — , President & CEO of
Read the full press release: https://ppswo.info/4oeLbsw
