Effective September 30, Tri-Rivers Planned Parenthood (TRPP) disaffiliated from Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and changed its name to Tri-Rivers Family Planning, Inc. (TRFP). Abandoning the controversial Planned Parenthood name, it follows in the footsteps of two Texas Planned Parenthood affiliates-Amarillo and Corpus Christi.

The Missouri affiliate, which has facilities in Rolla and Lake Ozark, has been targeting the poor in those communities with its immoral, perverse sex indoctrination programs and abortifacient contraception since 1971.

While the affiliate claims that it is in excellent financial condition and is proud of its 40 plus year history with the abortion giant, it says "the Board and staff felt it was in the organization's best interest and in the best interest of the clients whom it serves to become an independent healthcare provider at this time."

The Planned Parenthood name has obviously become so controversial that it is an impediment to the affiliate's growth and survival.

Planned Parenthood can be likened to an evil tree that has its roots planted deep in the poisonous soil of secular humanism. It is watered by almost $1 million per day of taxpayer money. The sunshine that sustains it is community support. When the Planned Parenthood brand becomes so controversial that community support weakens, closures result. Likewise, when government funding is cut, the tree withers and dies and facilities close. Community support and funding work hand in hand to ensure Planned Parenthood's survival in a community, and when either begins to fail, you will see Planned Parenthood close facilities or shift into desperation mode, trying everything--even abandoning the Planned Parenthood name that it claims to be so proud of--in order survive.

Once the PP ties are severed, the organization becomes much weaker and is much more vulnerable to closure. In fact, in recent weeks, one of the two former Planned Parenthood affiliates in Amarillo that severed ties with the abortion giant in 2009 closed completely.

We look forward to seeing many more Planned Parenthood affiliates close or sever ties with PPFA as the Planned Parenthood name becomes more and more controversial.