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(Pregnancy Help News<\/a>) Tech giant Google has decided to aid the sales of abortion profiteers. In an announcement last week, the multi-billion dollar advertising retailer said<\/a> it will require \u201cads using keywords related to getting an abortion\u201d to carry one of two disclaimers: \u201cProvides abortion\u201d or \u201cDoes not provide abortions.\u201d Allegedly, this is Google\u2019s attempt to \u201censure\u201d that \u201cabortion-related ads are most relevant.\u201d Google is seemingly unaware of the relevant impact of such a decision.<\/p>\n

Women don\u2019t shop for abortions like they do cosmetics or clothes. Statistics show that approximately 84 percent<\/a> of women report not even being given enough information to make an informed choice. Furthermore, as many as 64 percent<\/a> of women feel pressured by others to abort. That percentage grows significantly higher when temporary circumstances conspire to push out other options and favor a forever abortion decision.<\/p>\n

READ: Pregnancy centers reach thousands of women. Google aims to change that.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Enter Google to help desperate women see only abortion profiteers. Big Abortion is a billion-dollar business which has consistently seen its numbers decline in the face of steadily growing pregnancy help center community<\/a> providing alternatives to abortion.<\/p>\n

Pregnancy help centers, like those affiliated with Heartbeat International<\/a>, present options and opportunities to overcome temporary obstacles for those not at all certain they want an abortion. Providing caring services at no charge (such as pregnancy testing, ultrasound, material support, parenting help, and long-term life-skills coaching) these pregnancy help centers compete with abortion providers in digital marketing space to make sure women\u2019s choices are not limited to just abortion. Google, apparently, doesn\u2019t care.<\/p>\n

Does this approach work for similar legal, but unhealthy choices? Tobacco? Gambling? Should advocates against these products also fear Google tipping the scales in favor of a controversial industry peddling a controversial product? If we consider another time in history, would it have been appropriate for an advertiser in the early 1800s to demand a disclaimer that read, \u201cProvides slaves,\u201d and \u201cDoes not provide slaves,\u201d boxing out the work of the Underground Railroad? Appalling.<\/p>\n

Abortion fans are already proclaiming victory<\/a>. Certainly, abortion profiteers, like Planned Parenthood, are high-fiving Google\u2019s move to preserve their annual profits<\/a>, fund their political campaigns, and help purchase that Lamborghini<\/a>. Meanwhile, grassroots pregnancy help centers who serve nearly 2 million people annually<\/a> (largely through the generosity of life-minded local supporters) will be pushed out of vital advertising space.<\/p>\n

It is no consolation that abortion advocates like National Abortion Rights Action League and National Abortion Federation ads will also carry a \u201cDoes Not Provide Abortions\u201d disclaimer. Their coffers will continue to be filled by the increase of abortion sales that Google is nearly guaranteeing.<\/p>\n

As abortions have declined year over year, fewer and fewer women have started their day believing that their only choice was abortion. Google clearly intends to see that those numbers grow by propping up abortion providers and, perversely, shielding women from any other choice but abortion.<\/p>\n

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared at Pregnancy Help News<\/a> and is reprinted here with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

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