Planned Parenthood’s Florida merger will allow it to serve all 67 counties
Planned Parenthood’s two Florida affiliates will merge to form a single, unified statewide organization.
The new organization, Planned Parenthood of Florida, will offer expanded services, more telehealth options and extended hours and days of operation at some of its combined 17 health centers in the state.
After a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, states are allowed to cut Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood. However, Michelle Quesada, vice president of communications for Planned Parenthood of Florida, said the two Florida affiliates — Planned Parenthood of South, East and North Florida and Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida — have been operating in a hostile political climate for several years and do not receive any state money. Instead, they rely on federal government funding and donations. The organization has health centers in Kendall, North Miami Beach, Pembroke Pines and West Palm Beach.