A couple weeks ago there was some surprising news out of New York. Planned Parenthood announced it would stop doing late-term abortions (those after 20 weeks) and also planned to close four clinics in the state. The problem in New York wasn’t the legality of their business, it was the profitability. PP’s president wrote in an opinion piece that because of inflation they were in trouble unless the state started directing more public money their way.
Today, the NY Times published a follow-up in the business section which makes the case that the business of abortion is not going well almost anywhere you look around the country. The story recounts the experience of a clinic in Washington DC which tried to expand in the Los Angeles area. It didn’t go well.
The move to California was not an easy one. Dr. Reeves and Dr. Russo spent nearly a year scouring Los Angeles County for office…