Planned Parenthood clinic in Washington to close due to Medicaid cuts

Planned Parenthood is closing its Longview clinic next month because of federal Medicaid cuts. The closure of the small clinic, which is open each Thursday, comes as low-income patients are having difficulty finding reproductive care and Cowlitz County has growing rates of sexually transmitted diseases, Planned Parenthood spokeswoman Jennifer Allen said.

The clinic provides STD testing and treatment, condoms, menopause treatment and gynecological exams. It has operated in the county Health Department’s Longview headquarters for the past three years.

Allen said Friday that the closure was necessary after federal officials cut family planning services for 7,800 people in the “Take Charge” program. The clinic’s last day will be March 8.

“We think it’s awful,” Allen told The Daily News of Longview. “This is going to have a significant negative impact on folks in Cowlitz County. The folks who have been coming to us for services are not necessarily going to have another place to turn.”


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are there any openings happening in Amerika?

I've heard the propaganda of schools, hospitals and clinics beings opened in Iraq. Something doesn't seem quite right somewhere.

without medical insurance, I went to Planned Parenthood for my BC Pills. Private OB/GYNS were just too expensive.

They are not just about abortion. Oh, I forgot. We women should just cross our legs and that will solve all our BC problems. :sarcasm:

Will SOMEONE please pull the plug on bushco before HE can destroy EVERYTHING ELSE!!

The deaths and disfigurements of many women will be on the hands of BushCo and all those who cut Medicaid.