Planned Parenthood to close in Louisiana after nearly 40 years. See details.

Planned Parenthood is ceasing operations in Louisiana and shutting down its reproductive health clinics in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, part of a wave of closures of the organization's clinics across the U.S. due to funding issues and moves by the Trump administration to cut off access to federal money. The nonprofit, which has operated in Louisiana for more than 40 years, said in a prepared statement that it informed its staff on Friday of the closures that will take effect Sept. 30. Planned Parenthood's Louisiana clinics provide birth control,...