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Planned Parenthood Selected as 2025 Access Walk Grantee
In its third year, the Seattle-based nonprofit will award all funds raised from its annual event to support individuals’ access to safe reproductive healthcare services. SEATTLE, Wash. – Access Walk, a Seattle-based nonprofit that raises funds to support travel-related expenses for individuals forced to go long distances to access reproductive healthcare services, today announced Planned…
Read MoreLetter to the Governor to Restore Full Funding
May 5, 2025 The Honorable Robert W. Ferguson Office of the Governor PO Box 40002 Olympia, WA 98504-0002 Dear Gov. Ferguson: We are writing to urge you to amend section 226, line 6, in the general fund budget to restore the full appropriation provided solely for programs and grants to maintain access to abortion care,…
Read MoreThird-annual Access Walk event expands nationwide with participants from Seattle to New York
The non-profit group raises funds to provide grants to small clinics that provide access to reproductive healthcare in Washington, Oregon and Nevada. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 31, 2025 SEATTLE, Wash. – The third-annual Access Walk, which raises funds to grant to local clinics to support travel expenses individuals incur from being forced to leave their…
Read MoreLocal non-profit grants $60,000 to support abortion access for individuals traveling to Washington state for reproductive healthcare
All funds raised by walkers and individual donations were granted to Lilith Clinic and Cedar River Clinics of Washington to support travel expenses for individuals to access abortion services SEATTLE, Wash. – The second-annual Access Walk Seattle raised $60,000 to support travel expenses individuals incur from being forced to leave their state to access safe…
Read MoreWith the second anniversary of the overturning Roe v. Wade, second-annual Access Walkboard names 2024 grantees
All funds raised by walkers and individual donations will be granted to Lilith Clinic and Cedar River Clinics of Washington to support travel expenses for individuals to access abortion services SEATTLE, Wash. – The second-annual Access Walk Seattle will have one return and one new grant recipient this year, Cedar River Clinics of Washington and…
Read MoreSecond annual Access Walk event kicks off registration April 16 at Future Primitive Brewing in Alki
All funds raised will be donated to local clinics to support travel expenses for individuals traveling to access abortion services in Washington state SEATTLE, Wash. – After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Dobbs case in June 2022, Jeff, Paula and Madeline Pyatt hosted the first-ever Access Walk event in Seattle last fall. The…
Read MoreAccess Walk Grant Application is Now Open, Deadline is March 15
Access Walk, in its second year, has just opened its annual grant application. Organizations that meet the criteria for the grants can apply online. The deadline for applications is March 15, 2024. Access Walk, which will take place Sept. 14, 2024, at Volunteer Park, fulfills its mission and vision by raising funds to support regional…
Read MoreInaugural Access Walk Raises $100k to Support Individuals’ Access to Reproductive Healthcare
SEATTLE, Wash. (Nov. 16, 2023) – The first-ever Access Walk, which is the project of the Pyatt family, took place Sunday, Sept. 24, at Volunteer Park. The plan for the event was hatched over a family dinner where they decided to take action to shore up financial help for individuals forced to travel long distances to access safe…
Read MoreOut-Of-State Abortion Patients Have New Protections
Restrictions on abortion in Idaho are forcing those needing the service across state lines into Washington. WA State lawmakers have responded by adding protections that shield patients from criminal investigations in their home states if they travel to Washington for abortion care. For more information, read about the influx of Idahoans seeking abortion services and Washington’s ‘Shield…
Read MoreOn 1-year anniversary of overturning of Roe v. Wade, local family organizes walk to ensure access to reproductive healthcare for all.
Inaugural Access Walk Seattle Sept. 24 will raise funds for regional clinic to offset costs for travel, accommodations and other expenses incurred by individuals forced to travel to access abortion services. SEATTLE, WASH. (June 23, 2023) – As states continue to change laws in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling last year, one local…
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