Citing cuts to Medicaid, Port Angeles Planned Parenthood to close
Published 1:30 am Thursday, April 2, 2026
PORT ANGELES — The Planned Parenthood clinic in Port Angeles will close its doors after business hours end today.
The clinic announced on its website last month that it would close its doors after facing obstacles including funding cuts to critical programs like Medicaid as rising costs.
“We also know that patient needs and priorities are changing, with more people turning to telemedicine for their health care because of this, we are making difficult but necessary adjustments to our health center network,” the announcement stated. “We also made the difficult but necessary decision to close our Port Angeles health center.”
Port Angeles patients can use Planned Parenthood’s telehealth services options or to go to the Bremerton location at 723 NE Riddell Road, Suite A.
“Being a safety-net health care provider is incredibly challenging — especially in the face of relentless political attacks and losses and fluctuation of critical funding,” a Planned Parenthood statement sent to Peninsula Daily News stated.
“Closing brick-and-mortar health centers is never easy, but these changes are necessary to ensure we can continue serving our communities for years to come. They will also allow us to expand appointment availability and services at our remaining locations and via telehealth appointments.”
Telehealth services are available through virtual visits, which are face-to-face video visits, or e-visits, which are conducted through communications using MyChart.
“During a video visit, you’ll use your phone or computer to have a live conversation with your clinician,” according to Planned Parenthood’s website at tinyurl.com/PDN-Telehealth. “It’s like an appointment at a health center, but instead of talking in person, you’ll talk about your health care needs and medical history over a secure video call through MyChart.”
Services available through telehealth include birth control, emergency contraception, UTI treatment, gender-affirming hormone care, menopause services, HIV prevention with PrEP and PEP, erectile dysfunction and letters for gender-affirming surgery, name, gender marker and other document changes.
Planned Parenthood is the nation’s leading provider and advocate of high-quality, affordable sexual and reproductive health care for all people, as well as the nation’s largest provider for sex education, according to its website.
“With nearly 600 health centers across the country, Planned Parenthood organizations serve all patients with care and compassion, with respect and without judgment, striving to create equitable access to health care,” the website states.
Legislation from the federal government — H.R. 1, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill — signed into law July 4 resulted in the defunding of Planned Parenthood by blocking Medicaid reimbursements for their services for one year.
Twenty-three Planned Parenthood health clinics have closed since President Donald Trump signed the law, according to a March 19 news release from Planned Parenthood.
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Reporter Emily Hanson can be reached by email at emily.hanson@peninsuladailynews.com.
