#cpclies

[prochoiceamerica]

Hi. I wanted to ask, I've seen anti-abortion billboards around where I live that say stuff like "The heart starts beating in 18 days". I want to know if this is true or propaganda. I'd look it up on google, but when I tried, all I got were pro-life websites with stuff I know is false.

Hi, thanks for reaching out! These billboards are a classic example of anti-choice groups spreading misinformation - you can learn more about fetal development here. This misinformation is part of an effort to ban abortion at 6 weeks, before many women even know they’re pregnant.

[exposingfakeclinics]

This is one of the lies that investigators at NARAL Pro-Choice Texas heard. Read more at their CPCs Exposed website here. 

[exposingfakeclinics]

“CPCs often present themselves as medical clinics and offer medically inaccurate information on birth control and abortion. One particularly pernicious strategy they have been known to employ is to deceive visitors into believing they are abortion providers and delay women so long that they miss a window during which they can get to an actual doctor.”

- Crisis Pregnancy Center Ads are Back - And more Deceptive Than Ever, Talking Points Memo, July 21 

Last time we checked, lying to women isn't medical care. 

Crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) pose as legitimate reproductive health centers. They have a track record of outright lying to women and work to dissuade people from exercising the right to choose. They often advertise as if they provide abortion services, drawing people in by promising free reproductive health services, including free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, and options counseling.

[exposingfakeclinics]

Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan just signed a bill that provides $800,000 to fund crisis pregnancy centers that lie to women. UGH.

[exposingfakeclinics]

This is who the Senate might give a lifetime appointment to the federal bench?

Help stop Michael Boggs.

[prochoiceamerica]

We delivered our thank you note to Google, including thousands of your signatures! We're glad to work with them to remove deceptive ads for anti-choice crisis pregnancy centers.

[exposingfakeclinics]

This is just one example of the kinds of ads anti-choice groups are running on Yahoo to trick people facing an unplanned pregnancy. Sign the petition asking Yahoo to take down ads that lie.

[exposingfakeclinics]

Crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) pose as legitimate reproductive health centers. They have a track record of outright lying to women and work to dissuade people from exercising the right to choose.

This page from the anti-choice group Online for Life shows how they want to advertise CPCs as if they provide abortion services. Their ads draw people in by promising free reproductive health services, including free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, and options counseling.