NYC To Vote On Preventing Crisis Pregnancy Centers From Misleading Women (Updated)
LatestNew York City is set today to regulate so-called “crisis pregnancy centers” to prevent them from lying or misrepresenting themselves to women.
These centers, run by opponents of abortion, represent themselves as medically licensed even when there’s no nurse or doctor on the premises. As an editorial in the Times puts it, “With examination rooms, and staff members dressed in medical attire collecting insurance information and administering pregnancy tests, ultrasound exams and sonograms, these centers create a phony impression that they are licensed medical facilities.”
The bill, which is backed by city council Speaker Christine Quinn and New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, would force the centers’ famously vague ads to disclose whether they have a licensed medical provider, and also say whether they’ll refer women to other services, including emergency contraception and abortion.