A number of state legislatures and organizations put barriers between women and abortion care by directly interfering with a woman's medical care. Crisis Pregnancy Centers exist to interfere with women’s access to abortion. They attract women by presenting themselves as medical clinics, but do not provide contraception or abortion services or referrals. Instead, they provide women with false information about the risks of abortion, and attempt to dissuade them from accessing abortion care. Recently, there have been attempts to regulate Crisis Pregnancy Centers and require them to provide information about what they do and do not provide. Unfortunately, these attempts have been struck down by the courts.
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Featured Blogs
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
"State Funding Cuts and Anti-Choice Policies Cited for Closure of Four Wisconsin Planned Parenthood Clinics" (Robin Marty, RH Reality Check, 2/18), "North Dakota Attorney General Says Sex Ed Program Can Move Forward" (Jessica Mason Pieklo, RH Reality Check, 2/18) and "State Legislatures Increasingly Provide Tax-Payer Funding of Non-Medical Crisis Pregnancy Centers" (Marty, RH Reality Check, 2/15).
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Crisis Pregnancy Centers Gain Sway Within Antiabortion-Rights Movement
Monday, January 7, 2013
Crisis pregnancy centers -- aided by new strategies, state funding and legislative support -- are playing an increasingly influential role in the movement to restrict abortion-rights, the New York Times reports.
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Featured Blogs
Friday, December 14, 2012
"Memo to Michigan: Did You Not Hear the Voters on Women's Health?" (Cecile Richards, Huffington Post blogs, 12/12) and "In Rehearing Maryland Crisis Pregnancy Center Cases, the Fourth Circuit Can Reverse Decisions That Threaten Women's Health," (Kelli Garcia, National Women's Law Center's "Womenstake," 12/12).
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Federal Appeals Court in Md. Rehears Pregnancy Center Cases
Monday, December 10, 2012
A federal appeals court on Thursday questioned lawyers in two lawsuits claiming that regulations in Baltimore and Montgomery County, Md., requiring crisis pregnancy centers to post disclaimers violate the centers' First Amendment rights, the AP/WTOP reports.
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Antiabortion Crisis Pregnancy Center To Open Across From Minn. Abortion Clinic
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Abortion-rights opponents recently received approval to build a crisis pregnancy center in Duluth, Minn., across from the area's only abortion provider, the Women's Health Center, the Forum of Fargo-Moorhead reports.
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Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Md. Crisis Pregnancy Center Regulations
Monday, July 2, 2012
A federal appeals court on Wednesday affirmed that regulations in Baltimore and Montgomery County, Md., requiring crisis pregnancy centers to post disclaimers are unconstitutional, the Washington Post's "Maryland Politics" reports.
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Judge Allows Some Parts of S.D. Abortion Law To Take Effect
Thursday, June 28, 2012
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that South Dakota may begin requiring physicians to ask women various screening questions before an abortion, but other provisions in the same law will remain blocked until she rules on a lawsuit challenging the statute, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Mo. House Approves Bill To Ban Regulating CPCs Speech, Advertising
Thursday, May 10, 2012
The Missouri House on Tuesday gave first round approval to a bill (HB 1357) that would prohibit local governments from passing laws aimed to protect consumers by restricting the statements of crisis pregnancy centers, AP/KAIT reports.
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Federal Court Hears Argument Over Md. Crisis Pregnancy Center Laws
Monday, March 26, 2012
On Friday, a three-judge panel of a federal appeals court heard arguments on the constitutionality of ordinances in two Maryland communities that require crisis pregnancy centers to post signs stating that they do not offer medical care, the AP/Baltimore Sun reports.
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S.D. Senate Approves Bill To Modify Abortion Counseling, Waiting Period Law
Monday, February 27, 2012
The South Dakota Senate on Thursday voted 26-7 to pass a bill (HB 1254) that would alter a 2011 law that mandates a 72-hour waiting period and counseling at a crisis pregnancy center before abortion care, the AP/NECN reports.
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S.D. Committee Proposes Changes to CPC Counseling Requirement
Thursday, February 9, 2012
The South Dakota House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted 10-2 to approve a bill (HB 1254) that would alter a state law requiring women to obtain counseling at crisis pregnancy centers and wait 72 hours before receiving abortion care, the AP/Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports.
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S.D. House Panel Kills Measure To Ban False Advertising by Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Monday, February 6, 2012
A South Dakota House committee on Thursday unanimously rejected a bill that would have prohibited false advertising by crisis pregnancy centers, the AP/NECN reports.
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Federal Judge Allows Two Crisis Pregnancy Centers To Enter Case Against S.D. Abortion Law
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
U.S. District Chief Judge Karen Schreier has allowed two crisis pregnancy centers to intervene in a court case involving a South Dakota law that requires women seeking an abortion to wait 72 hours before the procedure, the Aberdeen News reports.
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Texas Cuts Family Planning Funds While Boosting 'Abortion Alternatives' Program
Monday, August 15, 2011
The Texas Legislature last month voted to cut funding for family planning services by two-thirds and increase the budget for the state's Alternatives to Abortion Services program by $300,000 for each of the next two fiscal years, the Texas Tribune/New York Times reports.
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S.D. 72-Hour Waiting Period Law Temporarily Blocked
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
U.S. District Chief Judge Karen Schreier on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction against a South Dakota law that would require women to obtain counseling at crisis pregnancy centers and wait 72 hours before receiving abortion care, the AP/Washington Post reports.
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Planned Parenthood Takes Up Multiple Legal Challenges Nationwide
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Planned Parenthood is fighting an "increasingly aggressive campaign" against legislation in several states that restricts abortion rights or cuts off funding to the organization, Politico reports.
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