For Immediate Release: April 20, 2026
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Save the Storks says pregnancy health clinics are uniquely positioned to offer women compassionate, life-affirming care
PLANO, Texas — As Planned Parenthood locations continue to shutter across the country and urgent care centers begin expanding into women’s services, Save the Storks applauds pregnancy health clinics for seizing this moment to meet women left by the closures with the compassionate, life-affirming care that no urgent care clinic can replicate.
At least 38 abortion clinics closed last year in states where abortion remains legal, according to data compiled by I Need an A. In response, some communities are turning to urgent care centers to fill the void. Save the Storks says that approach simply relocates a procedure-centered model under a different roof — rather than providing the holistic, compassionate life-affirming care women genuinely need.
“Women don’t need another version of Planned Parenthood,” said Diane Ferraro, CEO of Save the Storks. “Urgent care centers that add medication abortion services are not filling a gap — they are extending the same agenda under a different roof. Women deserve compassionate care, accurate information and practical support so they can make truly informed, life-affirming decisions.”
Save the Storks empowers women to choose life through a nationwide network of pregnancy health clinics that walk alongside women throughout and beyond pregnancy. While Planned Parenthood and now urgent care centers focus heavily on abortion, pregnancy health clinics fill the healthcare gaps that those providers have never addressed. They offer free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds, prenatal and parenting support, material assistance, STD/STI testing, spiritual care and other programs — all at no cost to the women they serve.
“When a Planned Parenthood closes, it does not have to mean women are left without help — it can mean something far better steps in,” Ferraro said. “Pregnancy health clinics are already expanding to meet those very needs: providing medical care, practical support and emotional guidance, walking with women for the long haul in ways Planned Parenthood never has.”
Save the Storks also highlights the more than 100 mobile medical clinics currently operating across the nation as evidence of the pregnancy health clinic movement’s reach and innovation. These units bring frontline women’s care directly into underserved communities — including maternity care deserts, where access to obstetric services is severely limited.
In West Virginia, a mobile medical clinic is supporting women in a region where nearly half of the counties are maternity care deserts. The Women’s Care Center in Parkersburg received a mobile medical clinic from Save the Storks in December 2025 and has been taking it to serve the most rural counties, with the first mother coming to the clinic for an abortion pill reversal.
“Pregnancy health clinics have been building relationships, earning trust and delivering whole-person care long before any Planned Parenthood location closed,” Ferraro said. “Now, as women are left by those closures, these clinics are positioned to step forward and demonstrate what real women’s healthcare looks like — care grounded in dignity, compassion and hope. And that is exactly why this moment matters.
As urgent care chains set their sights on abortion services, Save the Storks’ nationwide network of pregnancy health clinics will continue to expand their visibility and outreach — not merely in response to Planned Parenthood’s decline, but as a bold affirmation that women deserve better than an abortion-first model of care.
Save the Storks exists to ensure that no woman facing an unplanned pregnancy ever feels alone. Save the Storks is a national nonprofit dedicated to empowering women with compassionate care, accurate information, and practical support so they can make informed, life-affirming decisions. Through partnerships with pregnancy health clinics, a growing network of mobile medical clinics delivering women’s healthcare directly to communities in need, and a digital platform providing always-on access to real care and real options, Save the Storks creates a story of hope for women and families across the nation.
Save the Storks equips and supports pregnancy health clinics nationwide with mobile medical clinics to empower women with life-affirming care, practical support and hope. For more information, visit http://www.savethestorks.org/.
Learn more about Save the Storks at www.savethestorks.org.
