A giant inflatable intrauterine device is displayed outside of Virginia’s Capitol on Feb. 7, 2025. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury)
While legal battles over federal funding to Planned Parenthood after Congress passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” in early July have paused efforts to defund the organization, three Planned Parenthood clinics in Virginia had already lost Title X family planning funding this past April, forcing thousands to pay more for reproductive health care, or lose access to it altogether.
“That funding is still frozen sadly,” said Virginia League for Planned Parenthood CEO Paulette McElwain…