Exposing CPC's

Recently, "Crisis Pregnancy Centers" that receive federal and state funding have been in the news for their deceptive practices.

• In a Congressional report issued on July 17th by Representative Harry Waxman an overwhelming majority (87%) of "Crisis Pregnancy Centers" surveyed provided misleading, medically inaccurate information about abortion and breast cancer, abortion and infertility, and post-abortion syndrome. Read the report.

• In a column by St. Pete Times Columnist Robyn Blumner on July 24th she exposed the “anti abortion bunk” of these programs. Read the column here.

These organizations have been providing counseling services to pregnant teenagers and women since 2001, and have received over $30 million in federal funding!

• In Florida Governor Jeb! and the Legislature have used over $2 million of our tax dollars to fund these programs! Funding that provides misleading information and a website that lies to Florida women about breast cancer and calls emergency birth control an abortion procedure. Click here to see the website.

"Crisis Pregnancy Centers" often set themselves up next to legitimate family planning clinics and use deceptive tactics to lead women into their centers. For example, CPC’s will place ads in the yellow pages under the title of “Abortion Services” only to dissuade women from considering an abortion.

It is often the most vulnerable women who seek the services at these centers: desperate women who are susceptible to being misled and need medically accurate information to help them make a fully informed decision about their options!

These anti-choice centers use deceptive practices to strip away our basic reproductive rights- the right to birth control and the right to choose.