In Virginia, South Dakota, Ohio, Missouri, Pennsylvania … indeed, in 34 states, right-wing, evangelical Christian “crisis pregnancy centers” get taxpayer money to lie to women about abortion. The money comes from federal abstinence-only programs, from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, from funding that used to go to Planned Parenthood centers, and in Texas, even from an environmental quality program.
The centers aren’t new. The first one was launched 50 years ago in Hawai’i. Today, there are thousands of them across America, far more than clinics that offer abortion as part of their reproductive health services. Robert Pearson gave birth to them and the deceptive techniques they use.
In 1994, his ideology in the matter was made clear to his audience: “Obviously, we’re fighting Satan [...] A killer, who in this case is the girl who wants to kill her baby, has no right to information that will help her kill her baby. Therefore, when she calls and says, ‘Do you do abortions?’ we do not tell her, No, we don’t do abortions.”
And that is just the beginning of the deceit. Women are told that if they get an abortion, they’ll have a greater risk of breast cancer, infertility, and psychological trauma. It’s a rare CPC that even discusses contraception. That’s because most of them think non-procreative sex itself is beyond the pale. And yet millions of dollars of federal and state money continue to be poured into these propaganda centers no matter how much women’s health and state programs suffer as a consequence.
As Amanda Marcotte at Salon points out, combined with attacks on the funding of Planned Parenthood, the centers are disastrous for women’s health. And, in Texas at least, they have failed to do the job they claim is their goal.
from Daily Kos http://ift.tt/2wgotIK
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