Excerpt from The New York Times story featuring Government Relations Director Gabbi Nazari, originally published October 4, 2025.
Along with Maine and Massachusetts, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington are among the Democratic-led states scrambling to make up for the loss of federal funds. In Washington, Gov. Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, has pledged $11 million to cover the lost Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. But the State Legislature faces a multibillion-dollar gap between expected revenue and expenses over the next four years.
Advocates said that cuts to another key funding source for clinics that serve low-income Americans, a federal family planning program known as Title X, could come at any time.
“We aren’t going to see federal attacks lessen,” said Gabbi Nazari, government relations director for Pro-Choice Washington, an abortion rights group. “We’re going to see them intensify.”
