“Destruction, consolidation and creation,” is how Neil Datta, executive director at the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights, characterises the Trump administration’s modus operandi. If the shutdown of USAID is the destruction, and new bilateral agreements are consolidation, the “creation” phase will see a new system of services that offer alternatives to established … Read more
But recent blue-state efforts to regulate these outposts of the anti-abortion movement have run into the buzzsaw of the right-wing Supreme Court, as the crisis pregnancy centers shroud themselves in First Amendment protections. In 2018, the Court knocked down a California law that would have forced the pregnancy centers there to inform patients about their … Read more
The plaintiff, a Worcester resident who was kept anonymous in the suit, alleged that the nurse who performed her ultrasound scan at the center “did not undertake sufficient medical measures” to ensure the pregnancy was viable. The suit alleges that the woman’s fallopian tube ruptured about a month after the ultrasound scan, “causing massive internal … Read more
First Choice is fighting New Jersey subpoena as part of an investigation into potentially unlawful practices Read more at The Guardian
While some do have medical personnel on staff and offer ultrasounds and limited STD testing, they’re usually staffed by volunteers and aren’t bound by federal health privacy laws. They don’t offer prenatal care or gynecological care, abortion procedures, abortion medications or help for women having miscarriages. They aren’t subject to the same standards as health … Read more
Anti-abortion centers and their leaders have been campaigning against the abortion ballot measures in 10 states in the lead up to Election Day. The organizations — also known as crisis pregnancy centers — have sought to remove those measures from state ballots and distributed materials with misleading talking points. Read more at 19th News
The free organizations offer counseling while trying to dissuade women from having an abortion. They promise to protect health data but aren’t bound by federal privacy law. Read more at NBC News
“It’s really alarming. States have chosen to take millions of dollars from comprehensive maternal health, and instead funnel money into anti-abortion centers without much oversight or accountability,” said Ashley Underwood, Equity Forward’s director. Read more at 19th News
The organization behind an international network of anti-abortion facilities is misleading people with claims that abortions can be “reversed”, a lawsuit filed Monday by Letitia James, the New York attorney general, alleges. Read more at The Guardian
The group, the Campaign for Accountability. alleges that the centers collect sensitive medical data from patients and may mislead them about data privacy. Read more at NBC News
