{"id":38471,"date":"2013-07-24T11:58:18","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T15:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=38471"},"modified":"2013-07-26T11:30:56","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T15:30:56","slug":"crisis-pregnancy-centers-and-pro-choice-hypocrisy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/crisis-pregnancy-centers-and-pro-choice-hypocrisy\/","title":{"rendered":"Crisis Pregnancy Centers and pro-choice hypocrisy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to pro-choicers, informed consent laws and ultrasound requirements are an insult women\u2019s intelligence. Women who have abortions know exactly what they\u2019re doing, thoroughly understand what the procedure entails, and don\u2019t need any lessons on fetal development, thank you very much. We must always \u201ctrust women,\u201d because they know exactly what they\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n

But when it comes to Crisis Pregnancy Centers, abortion backers say these poor little pregnant women get confused<\/i>. They aren’t shrewd enough to figure out whether or not they\u2019re in an abortion clinic – so the government has to spell it out for them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s not enough to tell a woman who enters a crisis pregnancy clinic in Baltimore City that she will not be able to have an abortion there,\u201d writes Baltimore Sun<\/em> columnist Marta H. Mossburg<\/a>. \u201cA center must post a sign to share the information \u2014 or at least that is what City Council members voted for in 2009. The law is on hold pending yet another court decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pro-choicers have been hysterical about Crisis Pregnancy Centers for a long time. (Which makes me wonder – have they ever been inside a CPC? Because I have, and not because I confused it with an abortion clinic.) While short on specifics, they throw out accusations that these \u201cfake clinics\u201d are \u201cdeceptive\u201d and \u201ca threat\u201d to \u201cwomen\u2019s health.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are anecdotal accusations online from abortion supporters claiming that CPCs that have lied about the results of pregnancy tests or verbally abused patients. If this happened at any of the 2,000+ CPCs in America, then of course the center involved should be exposed and shut down\u00a0if warranted. But in general, pro-choicers act like it\u2019s some sort of crime to help women keep their babies.<\/p>\n

Back in 2006, the National Abortion Federation issued a major report called \u201cCrisis Pregnancy Centers: An Affront to Choice<\/a>.\u201d If you understand \u201cchoice\u201d as a stand-in for \u201cabortion,\u201d the title tells you exactly what their problem with CPCs is. But they proceeded to press pro-choicers\u2019 main argument: the poor women get confused.<\/i><\/p>\n

The women are confused when CPCs hire medical professionals:<\/p>\n

Although CPCs historically have not employed medical staff, there is an emerging trend on the part of CPCs to gain validity<\/b> by hiring part-time anti-choice medical providers and purchasing ultrasound equipment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Emphasis mine. (As someone who spent part of my pregnancy uninsured, I struggle to see something wrong with free medical care. At least the NAF is on record opposing free services for pregnant women.)<\/p>\n

The women are confused when CPCs advertise using words an abortion clinic might use:<\/p>\n

Women faced with an unplanned pregnancy were most likely to look in the Yellow Pages under the words \u2018Pregnancy,\u2019 \u2018Medical,\u2019 \u2018Women\u2019s Centers\u2019 and \u2018Clinics.\u2019 Accordingly, CPCs often are advertised under these categories, as well as \u201cAbortion Alternatives,\u201d and \u2018Women\u2019s Organizations.\u2019 CPCs also advertise through posters, signs, and billboards that contain messages like, \u2018Free Pregnancy Test,\u2019 or \u2018Pregnant? Scared? We Can Help! Call 1-800 #.’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In other words, women can\u2019t figure out that an organization advertising \u201cabortion alternatives\u201d helps you explore abortion alternatives.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s my favorite complaint: women get \u201cconfused\u201d when CPCs \u201clook like\u201d abortion clinics:<\/p>\n

CPCs\u2019 deceptive tactics extend to their physical appearance as well. CPCs often design their facilities to look like actual health care facilities with a waiting room, a partitioned check-in desk, and an ultrasound machine. They typically locate themselves near clinics that offer abortions in a deliberate attempt to increase their legitimacy and lure potential patients away from receiving abortion care by capitalizing on patients\u2019 confusion.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can\u2019t simultaneously oppose all \u201cinformed consent\u201d laws on the grounds that women know exactly what they\u2019re doing when they have an abortion – and then argue that they get disoriented when a CPC and an abortion clinic are located on the same block.<\/p>\n

However, I suspect that the NAF\u2019s real problem is not that CPCs have check-in desks and waiting rooms, but that they exist at all. While claiming to support \u201cchoice,\u201d you get the distinct impression that they think there\u2019s something sleazy about supporting women in the \u201cchoice\u201d to continue a crisis pregnancy. That\u2019s why they can\u2019t admit the truth: most women enter CPCs willingly, looking for help, and they\u2019re not confused about where they are.<\/p>\n

For some, you can only be \u201cpro-woman\u201d if you encourage abortion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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