{"id":299891,"date":"2023-10-10T10:44:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T15:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=299891"},"modified":"2023-10-16T13:27:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T18:27:54","slug":"texas-lawsuit-yelp-pregnancy-center-misinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/texas-lawsuit-yelp-pregnancy-center-misinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas files lawsuit against Yelp’s pro-life pregnancy center misinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The state of Texas filed a lawsuit<\/a> against Yelp in September, accusing the popular online business review website of spreading misinformation and misleading consumers about pro-life pregnancy centers.<\/p>\n

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Yelp, Inc. after it posted notices on its site claiming that pregnancy centers provide limited medical services. According to Reuters, Paxton accused Yelp of violating a Texas law against unfair business practices.<\/p><\/div>\n

Paxton’s lawsuit came a day after Yelp sued him in San Francisco federal court in an attempt to prevent his lawsuit. Yelp claimed its notice about pregnancy centers is accurate and that it is protected by free speech under the Constitution.<\/p>\n

The notice in question was posted on Yelp pages for pregnancy centers beginning in August of 2022, and stated, “This is a Crisis Pregnancy Center. Crisis Pregnancy Centers typically provide limited medical services and may not have licensed medical professionals onsite.”<\/p>\n

Paxton said that the notice is misleading because it is posted on all pregnancy center Yelp pages, even those that do<\/strong> have licensed medical professionals onsite. Yelp changed the notices to state that pregnancy centers “do not offer abortions or referrals to abortion providers.”<\/p>\n