The Planned Parenthood clinic closest to Farmington and Farmington Hills permanently closed Thursday, July 30, leaving local patients to travel roughly 20 miles to the next nearest location in Ferndale.

Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chair David T. Woodward has committed up to $1.5 million in county funds to keep that Ferndale clinic open through at least August 2028, according to Patch and The Detroit News. Woodward proposed the emergency funding during the week of July 21.

The Livonia clinic was one of three Planned Parenthood of Michigan locations that shut down immediately on July 30, along with sites in Lansing and Warren. The organization said it lost $4.2 million in patient care reimbursement and federal family planning funding for the coming fiscal year and absorbed $5.6 million in uncompensated care this year.

All three closed immediately.

"That's not a gap that any organization our size can endure and keep its footprint intact," CEO Paula Thornton Greear told Bridge Michigan on July 30. None of the three clinics provided procedural abortions. They offered medication abortions, birth control, pregnancy testing, and STI testing and treatment.

What it means for Farmington-area patients

Planned Parenthood said its Detroit and Ferndale health centers are within roughly 20 miles of the now-closed Livonia location. Patients can also use the organization's Virtual Health Center or the PP Direct app, which offers 24/7 access to birth control, medication abortion, emergency contraception, and UTI treatment.

The closures leave Planned Parenthood of Michigan with seven brick-and-mortar clinics statewide, down from 14 in recent years. The organization closed four other locations in 2025, including sites in Jackson, Petoskey, and Marquette.

County funding and opposition

Woodward's $1.5 million proposal drew criticism from Right to Life of Michigan President Amber Roseboom, who earlier in July called county-level taxpayer support for Planned Parenthood "an insult to every taxpayer in the region." Washtenaw County's Board of Commissioners separately voted earlier in July to give $500,000 to the organization.

It remains unclear whether the full Oakland County Board of Commissioners has formally approved Woodward's allocation or whether it remains a chair-level proposal.

In May, Planned Parenthood asked Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for $5 million in emergency state funding. Whitmer declined to act unilaterally, saying the Legislature holds the power to allocate state funds. The state budget passed without the requested money.

A one-year federal ban on Medicaid reimbursement for Planned Parenthood expired in July 2026, restoring the organization's ability to bill Medicaid, but Planned Parenthood said the restored access does not recover nearly a year of lost revenue.

No date has been set for the full Board of Commissioners to vote on the $1.5 million allocation. Residents can reach the Oakland County Board of Commissioners through the county's main offices in Pontiac.