BATON ROUGE— A woman said she is now looking for more options she can afford since Planned Parenthood in Baton Rouge will no longer be in operation after Sept. 30.

The closure of the facilities comes after the nonprofit sent a letter to its staff in August saying clinics in Louisiana would close due to a lack of access to federal funding.

Patient Sarah Cross said she's left to look for other clinics with similar services and matched prices.

"I'm going to have to find somewhere, and with not having insurance. it makes it a lot harder, 'cause insurance itself is like extremely expensive," Cross said.

Within the last days of the clinic's operation, protesters like Richard Mahoney still stood outside the facility, celebrating its closure.

"I thank God that this place is closed because n

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