Victory Worth Giving Thanks For in Ohio!
From Laura Strietmann
As we celebrate Thanksgiving, our hearts are overflowing with gratitude — because life has a victory in Ohio.This week brought news that reminds us why we pray, why we advocate, and why we never give up:
Planned Parenthood is closing yet another Ohio facility.
What a powerful reminder that even in what has become mission territory for life, God is moving, and mothers and babies are being protected.
At the start of this year, Planned Parenthood operated 14 facilities across our state. Now—with earlier closures in Springfield and Hamilton, and the newly announced closing of the Franklinton location—the number will fall to a less dreadful 11.
Every closure represents more than a statistic. It represents:
- Fewer mothers being misled.
- Fewer babies at risk.
- More room for hope.
And that hope is real, because Ohio is not a state without help — despite Planned Parenthood’s predictable “doom and gloom” messaging.
Our state is blessed with:
- 400+ Federally Qualified Health Centers, and
- Nearly 200 pregnancy help centers
—places where mothers are welcomed, supported, and honored with dignity and genuine care.
But Here in Cincinnati, the Front Line Remains Intense
While we celebrate these closures across Ohio, here in Cincinnati we know the battle remains fierce. Our own Auburn Avenue facility — the southernmost on-demand abortion business along the entire I-75 corridor — has dug in its heels with heartbreaking determination. The devastation endured in our neighborhood is real: in 2024, 73% of the babies lost there were Black, a statistic that should shake every conscience in our city.
This is precisely why we answered God’s unmistakable call to move our offices just two blocks from that place of sorrow. We stretched our budget, took on full market rent, and planted ourselves on the front lines — because that is where the pro-life movement needs us most, and where truth must be present.
We also moved to set an example for pro-lifers across Ohio: that we must enter more deeply into the battle and confront this diabolical injustice head-on, not from half an hour away, but from the very ground where lives are being lost.
Why This Closure Happened — And Why It Matters
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio has confirmed deep financial problems — and this year, for the first time in decades, those financial losses were no accident. Thanks to the pro-life protections written into the One Big Beautiful Bill, Planned Parenthood is finally being defunded at the federal level.
Cincinnati Right to Life personally lobbied, traveled, and advocated with our representatives in Washington to help make this happen. Yes, our travel and operational expenses have increased — but our work is worth every dollar you entrusted to us. That money was not lost; it was invested for exactly this moment. To witness the demise of Planned Parenthood.
For years, we watched an open firehose of federal money flow to the nation’s largest abortion business. Now, as the spigot tightens, we are seeing the real-world impact: layoffs, closures, and the undeniable weakening of Planned Parenthood’s once-boastful empire.
The Franklinton facility will officially close on November 28, 2025, after 17 more staff were laid off this month. Earlier in the year, 20 others were cut. Even their own leaders admit they have trimmed their administration “as lean as it can go,” and still they cannot sustain operations. We pray these workers who left this diabolical industry find abortionworker.com-a ministry for those who left the industry.
And while Planned Parenthood closes doors, life-affirming centers are opening theirs wider than ever, ready to serve mothers with love, dignity, and real help. And Cincinnati Right to Life will continue to advocate boldly and fiercely to our lawmakers, ensuring that life is defended, protected, and advanced at every level of government.
This closure is not an accident. It is the fruit of your prayers, your perseverance, your faithful support.
Every time a door of deception closes, a door of hope opens wider.
Cincinnati Right to Life exists because of supporters like you — people who refuse to believe the lie that mothers must choose between their future and their baby’s life. People who show compassion and courage.
Thank You for Making Victories Like This Possible
Today we celebrate. Tomorrow we continue the mission.
Because every mother and every baby deserve protection, love, and truth — and together, we are building a future in Ohio where abortion is not the “norm” and our tax dollars are withheld from supporting death in wombs.