One eastern Oregon clinic is a health care ‘lifeline.’ Medicaid cuts threaten its existence

One eastern Oregon clinic is a health care ‘lifeline.’ Medicaid cuts threaten its existence

Planned Parenthood facilities, like this one in southeast Portland, provide mostly testing and treating sexually transmitted infections and birth control services. Abortions make up a small portion of the services most Oregon Planned Parenthood affiliates provide. (Photo by Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle)When Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette opened a health center in eastern Oregon in 2023, it did so expecting that Idaho’s looming ab…