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A Connecticut anti-pregnancy center bill is moving forward after passing the Public Health Committee in a 19-12 vote on February 22, despite dozens of people testifying against the bill in a public hearing earlier this month. This is the fourth year in a row such a bill has been introduced in the Connecticut State Senate.<\/p>\n

Senate Bill 835<\/a>, aims to “prohibit deceptive advertising practices by limited services pregnancy centers.” After a pregnancy center moved into the same building as an abortion business and NARAL Pro-Choice Connecticut in Hartford, NARAL became the driving force behind the bill in an\u00a0effort<\/a> to dictate how pregnancy centers advertise their services (while simultaneously downplaying what those services are). The bill claims that pregnancy centers are dishonest and trick women into choosing life. Proponents of the bill also claim that pregnancy centers stall women, preventing them from getting abortions right away.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0How pro-life pregnancy centers can survive public attacks from abortion advocates<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

When women don’t know about their other options or the help available to them, they frequently feel abortion is their only<\/em> choice. Many choose it out of desperation, without informed consent \u2014\u00a0and sometimes even against their wills. Pregnancy centers exist to be a safe place for women to learn about all their options without<\/em> being pressured by a business which will make money from the sale of an abortion.<\/p>\n

Pregnancy centers provide women with free pregnancy tests, free ultrasounds, free baby gear, free clothing, and assistance with other needs such as housing, medical care, education, parenting classes, job placement, and more. Some pregnancy centers also offer limited medical services<\/a> and many have medical professionals serving on staff or as volunteers<\/a>. Services vary from center to center and women have often shared their joy at having been given a way out of abortion.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, abortion businesses offer one option for women facing unplanned pregnancies: abortion. Women have stated that they were purposefully deceived<\/a> by abortion businesses regarding the development of their babies as well as\u00a0abortion procedures<\/a> as well. Women deserve to know the full truth before they undergo an abortion and the time to make the decision rather than be rushed into an abortion. Pregnancy help centers give them just that.<\/p>\n

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A Connecticut anti-pregnancy center bill is moving forward after passing the Public Health Committee in a 19-12 vote on February 22, despite dozens of people testifying against the bill in a public hearing earlier this month. This is the fourth year in a row such a bill has been introduced in the Connecticut State Senate. 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