Thank Representative Carolyn Maloney!

NY Representative Carolyn Maloney is pushing legislation which will make it illegal for “crisis pregnancy centers” to trick women into entering their clinics by posing as Planned Parenthoods or using signs that say “abortion.” Please take a minute to email Rep. Maloney to say “thank you!!” for standing up for women. The following is a story about CPC’s:

By Marlee Ginter (Indiana Reporter)

It’s a difficult decision for many women having an abortion. But now, across the country, some are pointing at what they call a new tactic being used by anti-abortion groups.

You’ve seen Planned Parenthood facilities, and you may have noticed Crisis Pregnancy Centers near them or even right next door. But is the clinic there to inform young girls of their choices, or to compete with Planned Parenthood and talk women out of an abortion?

A local 17-year-old girl had an abortion eight months ago. What made the decision even more difficult was that she thought she was going to this Planned Parenthood facility, which is now closed. She accidentally ended up at a Crisis Pregnancy Center.

“I could die, I was going to ruin my life, ” the 17-year-old said the center told her after she had already made the decision to get an abortion.

At one location, you have to go through a parking lot to get to Planned Parenthood. But first you see a sign that says “Considering Abortion?” The Planned Parenthood facility is actually in the next building over.

“I think it’s very confusing and I think they should be banned. I think there should be at least a mile distance between them,” the girl’s mother said.

24-Hour News 8 spoke with Dan Steiner, the Central Indiana Crisis Pregnancy Center president over the phone. We asked if he thought the organization was misleading people. He said no. We then asked if they were trying to come across as a Planned Parenthood facility. He said they were not.

Planned Parenthood officials disagree.

“No matter what side of abortion you sit on to put someone through that again and again and make it that much harder that’s just not fair on a personal level,” Amie Allen-Smith with Planned Parenthood said.

We asked Steiner if the goal of the agency was to try to keep girls from getting an abortion.

“The goal of our agency is to speak the truth to girls so they can make an informed decision about their pregnancy. We do believe abortion hurts women,” Steiner said.

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney out of New York is pushing legislation prohibiting clinics from leading women to believe they provide abortion services or referrals. The bill targets any centers believed to be using false advertising to lure young girls to their clinics.

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