Democrats Accuse Crisis Pregnancy Centers Of Manipulating Women - But That's Planned Parenthood

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://thefederalist.com/2022/08/25/democrats-accuse-crisis-pregnancy-
centers-of-manipulating-women-but-thats-planned-parenthood/

Democrats’ latest attack on crisis pregnancy centers involves accusing
them of using tactics similar to Planned Parenthood.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has been quite angry ever since the
overturn of Roe v. Wade. In particular, Warren is angry about the ability
of pregnancy resource centers to advertise and operate free of
restrictions.

To combat what she sees as fake abortion clinics set up to “fool” and
“torture” unsuspecting women, Warren has joined with Reps. Carolyn B.
Maloney, D-N.Y., and Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., and Sen. Bob Menendez, D-
N.J., to introduce the Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation Act.

This legislation would, in Warren’s words, “crackdown on false advertising
that crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) employ to dissuade patients from
getting the reproductive care they need” by authorizing the Federal Trade
Commission to regulate and fine pregnancy resource centers.

Warren and her colleagues are not alone in their efforts to “crack down”
on pregnancy resource centers. New York City’s Introduction 506, part of
the proposed NYC Abortion and Reproductive Health Care Rights Legislative
Package would implement a requirement for “the Department of Consumer and
Worker Protection (DCWP) to report information on pregnancy services
centers in the city and implement an information campaign on such
centers.”

Many more cities, including Seattle, Los Angeles, and Columbus, Ohio, have
worked toward passing similar laws in the past month.

While these bills allege that pregnancy resource centers are deceptive and
employ manipulative advertising tactics, the tactics they describe are
much more like those employed by Planned Parenthood.

Pregnancy resource centers do not pretend to be abortion facilities. But
they do advertise, online and in the community, for the services they
provide, which include unplanned pregnancy counseling as well as a variety
of resources and services, free of charge, to both pregnant mothers and
families with babies and small children.

Planned Parenthood, however, uses tactics akin to the ones deemed
questionable by the Stop Anti-Abortion Misinformation Act. For instance,
in Section 2.3, the bill claims, “CPCs routinely engage in a variety of
deceptive tactics” surrounding “reproductive healthcare.”

If the counseling services at pregnancy resource centers are “deceptive,”
then Planned Parenthood’s services ought to raise even more questions.
Planned Parenthood regularly tells women that their babies are “clumps of
cells” or “not babies yet” and then refuses to let them see their
ultrasounds, so they can’t evaluate those claims for themselves.

Furthermore, Planned Parenthood has a history of deceiving the law and the
public. Investigative journalists working with the nonprofit Live Action
have exposed Planned Parenthood locations breaking laws regarding the
reporting of human trafficking and statutory rape.

In 2015, the Center for Medical Progress also conducted investigations
uncovering Planned Parenthood’s unlawful involvement in the sale of human
remains from abortions.

The Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation Act also claims that “CPCs target
under-resourced neighborhoods and communities of color, including Black,
Latino, Indigenous, Asian American, Pacific Islander, and immigrant
communities” in where they choose to locate. If this is problematic, then
there should be equal concern about the location of Planned Parenthood
facilities, which target both minority communities and communities with
low economic resources.

As shown in a previous study conducted by Students for Life of America,
Planned Parenthood facilities are often located near college campuses and
advertise to young women who are likely to have limited resources and
unplanned pregnancies.

It should be even more alarming that, as shown by the 2015 congressional
policy report
“The Effects of Abortion on the Black Community,” 79 percent of Planned
Parenthoods are located near minority neighborhoods, and preborn black
babies are aborted at disproportionately high rates.

Planned Parenthood has even stated on its website that it is “committed to
increasing access” to abortion services for black women. In an
investigation conducted by Live Action, multiple Planned Parenthood
facilities agreed to accept funds from a caller posing as a racist donor
wanting to give money specifically to abort more black babies. These
incidents are especially disturbing given Planned Parenthood’s roots in
eugenics.

Currently, pregnancy resource centers and Federally Qualified Health
Centers that provide free services outnumber Planned Parenthood clinics 14
to 1. Changing laws and attitudes about abortion in the wake of Dobbs has
been taking a toll on Planned Parenthood as facilities in some states
discontinue abortions or close.

If these trends continue, pregnancy resource centers could eventually
replace Planned Parenthood as the mainstream solution to unplanned
pregnancies, with or without regulatory efforts to marginalize them. This
is a good thing for women and their children, who will have better access
to everything they need to thrive instead of becoming victims of the
abortion industry.

The efforts to use legislation to silence pregnancy resource centers are
not about protecting women or holding organizations accountable for
deceptive tactics. They are an attack on First Amendment rights and a
concerted effort from politicians and bureaucrats who act in the interests
of the abortion industry.

These people want to protect organizations like Planned Parenthood from
being replaced by pregnancy resource centers as state laws and public
opinion on abortion shift.


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