Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette is starting a new fund to help ensure its breast health patients in Oregon and southwest Washington can afford access to follow-up diagnostic services.
The Breast Health Patient Assistance Fund will provide financial assistance to low-income patients who need diagnostic follow-up testing, such as ultrasounds and mammograms, following a clinical breast exam at Planned Parenthood health clinics.
The announcement is part of a nationwide expansion of Planned Parenthood’s breast health programs, made possible by an outpouring of donations from the public, after the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation stopped providing grants to Planned Parenthood because of pressure from political groups, before reversing course earlier this year.
Last year, local affiliates of Planned Parenthood provided 9,764 clinical breast exams to screen women for breast cancer.
