FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Ryan MacDonald, Communications Director
ryan@prochoicewashington.org, (206) 624-1990
On Monday, the Trump Administration started to withhold millions of dollars of Title X funding for reproductive health care and family planning services from clinics, including our close partners at Cedar River Clinics and Planned Parenthood.
Title X is our nation’s only federal program dedicated to helping low-income patients’ access critical reproductive health services like contraception, cancer screenings, STI treatment, and preventative care.
Pro-Choice Washington has been working for decades to protect and expand access to lifesaving abortion and other reproductive health services. These cuts to Title X funding are a major setback, putting clinics at risk of closing their doors.
No federal funding is spent on abortion care because of the “Domestic Gag Rule” on abortion. However, Title X is a critical source of funding that allows sexual and reproductive health clinics to remain open.
While clinics remain open and patients can receive care, these funding cuts will put clinics at risk of closure, drive up costs for low-income patients, and result in folks delaying or forgoing essential reproductive health care services.
Sami Alloy, Interim Executive Director of Pro-Choice Washington, issued the statement:
“The Trump administration is testing the bounds of executive authority. The unelected Elon Musk and his DOGE team are unlawfully dismantling safety net programs on which millions of Americans rely. This is part of a concerted strategy to dismantle our rights to bodily autonomy by defunding programs that the anti-abortion, anti-trans and anti-immigrant Trump Administration want to do away with.
The Trump Administration is creating a constitutional crisis by usurping Congressional power over federal funding to control and coerce vulnerable and politically targeted Americans. By withholding federal funding for programs like Title X, they are circumventing the legal process to dismantle our rights and civil liberties. Make no mistake, President Trump is using funding as a weapon to punish his perceived political opponents, including Planned Parenthood and gambling with the lives of patients.
Our reproductive health clinics, including Planned Parenthood, Cedar River Clinics, and Lilith Clinics, are essential institutions. They provide lifesaving care to thousands of Washingtonians each year and those traveling to our state for care.
Dismantling funding for clinics will harm patients access to essential abortion, family planning, and reproductive health care that low-income Americans rely on.
Pro-Choice Washington is a leader in advocating to our federal, state, and local leaders to protect these funds and services. They must act now.
As we watch these federal cuts happen, it is more important than ever that Washington passes progressive revenue reform to ensure that we can continue funding these essential services so that they can continue to exist for patients.
Now is not the time to be paralyzed by overwhelm. Join us and act today to ensure that our clinics don’t have to close their doors.”
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Pro-Choice Washington is an independent organization solely focused on political and legislative advocacy for reproductive freedom in Washington state. We believe every person deserves equitable access to affordable, unbiased, quality reproductive and abortion healthcare within their community. Our organization is powered by the voices of more than 26,000 members across the state who are speaking up for reproductive rights through advocacy, community engagement, and education.
