Fake abortion clinics set up by radical pro-lifers

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An Indiana mother recently accompanied her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend to one of Indiana's Planned Parenthood clinics, but they unwittingly walked into a so-called "crisis pregnancy center" run by an anti-abortion group, one that shared a parking lot with the real Planned Parenthood clinic and was designed expressly to lure Planned Parenthood patients and deceive them.

The group took down the girl's confidential personal information and told her to come back for her appointment, which they said would be in their "other office" (the real Planned Parenthood office nearby). When she arrived for her appointment, not only did the Planned Parenthood staff have no record of her, but the police were there. The "crisis pregnancy center" had called them, claiming that a minor was being forced to have an abortion against her will.

The "crisis pregnancy center" staff then proceeded to wage a campaign of intimidation and harassment over the following days, showing up at the girl's home and calling her father's workplace. Our clinic director reports that the girl was "scared to death to leave her house." They even went to her school and urged classmates to pressure her not to have an abortion.

The anti-choice movement is setting up these "crisis pregnancy centers" across the country. Some of them have neutral-sounding names and run ads that falsely promise the full range of reproductive health services, but they dispense anti-choice propaganda and intimidation instead. And according to a recent article in The New York Times, there are currently more of these centers in the U.S. than there are actual abortion providers. What's more, these centers have received $60 million in government grants. They're being funded by our tax dollars.

A bill has just been introduced in Congress to stop the fraudulent practices of fake clinics, but it desperately needs more support. Tell your representative to take a stand: anti-choice extremists must not get away with this any longer!

Go to: http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/fakeclinics
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well i hope these people would be locked up.

What were they given 60 million dollars for? startup of a small business?

 

Wonder if the governor of South Dakota is a sponsor of this organization

 

It's completely disgusting. When PPH sent me the email about this story, I was floored.

The new lengths that the pro-birth movement will go to is getting unbelievable. There has to be laws against this stuff. Posing as a medical establishment without legal liscensing? Posing as a trained and certified medical practitioner? Breaking patient/ doctor confidentiality?

Ugh.

 

Because every sperm is now sacred! Did anyone see the comic in Ms. magazine about this?

 

that is absolutely disgusting. I dont understand how the gov't is funding this. What they are doing doesnt sound too legal, either. They are using confidential info and going to peoples schools? THe whole thing is just really messed up.

 

I cant believe it either.

 

Thats the most troubling thing i've heard in a while...