{"id":191376,"date":"2018-11-21T11:27:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T17:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=191376"},"modified":"2018-11-21T11:31:16","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T17:31:16","slug":"website-busts-myths-pregnancy-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/website-busts-myths-pregnancy-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"New website busts pro-abortion myths about pregnancy centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/pregnancyhelpnews.com\/new-website-reveals-truth-about-pregnancy-centers-busting-pro-abortion-myths\">Pregnancy Help News<\/a>)\u00a0\u201cHope. Compassion. Truth.\u201d\u00a0These are just a few of the commitments pregnancy help organizations make to clients in need of support during one of the most trying moments of their lives.\u00a0That\u2019s why it\u2019s the tagline of a new website geared towards busting some of the most pervasive myths about their charitable work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pregnancycentertruth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PregnancyCenterTruth.com<\/a>, launched today by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartbeatinternational.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heartbeat International<\/a>\u2014a global network of 2,600 pregnancy help organizations\u2014tackles the major talking points of abortion advocacy groups like NARAL, designed to smear their life-saving work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith all of the spin and outright lies circulating about the pregnancy help community, we wanted to create a space entirely devoted to setting the record straight,\u201d said Jor-El Godsey, president of Heartbeat International. \u201cWe believe that <a href=\"https:\/\/pregnancycentertruth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PregnancyCenterTruth.com<\/a> will become the go-to site for anyone interested in the truth rather than talking points and rhetoric. Everyone deserves truth and honesty, especially a woman considering so invasive and life-altering a decision as an abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/women-color-pregnancy-centers-essence\/\">Women of color operating PRCs respond to deceptive Essence article<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>U.S. pregnancy help centers served nearly 2 million people with free services in 2017, saving communities at least $161 million. A vast majority of those savings came from the 400,100 ultrasounds performed at the centers.\u00a0In addition to ultrasounds, centers provide material resources (such as diapers and clothing), free pregnancy tests, and\u00a0parenting\u00a0classes and abortion recovery groups.<\/p>\n<p>Falsely claiming that pregnancy centers \u201crely on deception\u201d to provide these services, the abortion lobby has contemptuously labeled them &#8220;fake clinics&#8221; and targeted them with harmful legislation that abridges their free speech rights and drives women to abortion.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"gr-progress aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pregnancyhelpnews.com\/images\/med-professionals_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"239\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pregnancyhelpnews.com\/images\/funding_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"238\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This summer, the Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/pregnancyhelpnews.com\/major-victory-supreme-court-overturns-california-law-forcing-pregnancy-help-centers-to-advertise-for-abortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">struck down a California law<\/a> attempting to do just that in <em>NIFLA v. Becerra<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The disastrous fallout from that ruling is already being felt in cities and states that have pursued similar unconstitutional measures.<\/p>\n<p>This fall, a federal district court <a href=\"https:\/\/pregnancyhelpnews.com\/federal-court-strikes-down-hawaii-law-targeting-pro-life-pregnancy-centers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">struck down a Hawaii law<\/a> forcing pregnancy centers and pro-life doctors to advertise for abortion, and the City of Baltimore\u2019s spending board <a href=\"https:\/\/pregnancyhelpnews.com\/baltimore-to-pay-1-1-million-to-pregnancy-center-after-losing-first-amendment-case?highlight=WyJiYWx0aW1vcmUiLCJiYWx0aW1vcmUncyJd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voted to pay $1.1 million<\/a> to cover the legal fees of one pregnancy center who had been fighting the city\u2019s unconstitutional mandate for nearly a decade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBig Abortion\u2019s lies are proving to be dangerous to women and costly to taxpayers,\u201d Godsey said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/entreproneurs-delivering-life-affirming-womens-healthcare\/\">Entre \u201cpro\u201d neurs \u2014 delivering life-affirming women\u2019s healthcare<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The organization designed <a href=\"https:\/\/pregnancycentertruth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PregnancyCenterTruth.com<\/a> as a resource for policymakers, other pregnancy help organizations, the pro-life community, and the broader public. Ultimately, it is made in the service of women, men, and children in need of support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we continue to serve millions of people in the U.S. and around the world, it is crucial that the truth be known,\u201d said Godsey. \u201cAll women should have access to compassionate care and we are committed to ensuring that remains the case within the pregnancy help community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pregnancyhelpnews.com\/images\/parenting_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pregnancyhelpnews.com\/images\/abortion-recovery_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"239\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: This article was published by <a href=\"https:\/\/pregnancyhelpnews.com\/new-website-reveals-truth-about-pregnancy-centers-busting-pro-abortion-myths\">Pregnancy Help News<\/a> and is reprinted here with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Pregnancy Help News)\u00a0\u201cHope. Compassion. Truth.\u201d\u00a0These are just a few of the commitments pregnancy help organizations make to clients in need of support during one of the most trying moments of their lives.\u00a0That\u2019s why it\u2019s the tagline of a new website geared towards busting some of the most pervasive myths about their charitable work. PregnancyCenterTruth.com, launched [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":420,"featured_media":191326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[7077,6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New website busts pro-abortion myths about pregnancy centers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pregnancy centers in the United States served nearly 2 million people with free services in 2017, saving communities at least $161 million.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/website-busts-myths-pregnancy-centers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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