IOWA CITY, Iowa — Planned Parenthood’s Iowa City Health Center will transition its in-person services to the Susan Knapp Health Center in Des Moines as part of larger staff reductions and consolidations at Planned Parenthood centers across the Midwest.
Planned Parenthood announced Monday that they would be letting go of at least 38 employees and eliminating 11 positions as the organization faces growing restrictions on care and budgeting hurdles.
We are in the hardest moment for the reproductive freedom movement in modern day history,” said Ruth Richardson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood North Central States. “By protecting our core infrastructure now, we will be ready to expand care again when the pendulum shifts — because it will. After seeing the resilience of our patients, communities, supporters, champions, and our staff and providers, I believe we have what it takes to sustain our strength and build back…