The War Against Pregnancy Care Centers
In his Chuck Colson’s BreakPoint Commentary yesterday he talked about The Jihad Against Pregnancy Care Centers, and charges that resource centers that don’t offer or refer for abortion “aren’t playing fair.”
Are pregnancy care centers playing fair? That depends on where you stand. Clearly, the abortion industry thinks it’s not fair that women are increasingly choosing childbirth over abortion. They think it’s not fair that pregnancy care centers tell women the truth about the physical, emotional, and spiritual after-effects of abortion. They think it’s not fair that pregnancy care centers are equipping themselves with ultrasound machines that allow women to see their tiny, unborn babies in action: a boy sucking his thumb, or a little girl turning somersaults.
America’s abortion rate is at its lowest point since 1993. Clearly, the abortion industry is running scared. Pregnancy care centers—with compassion, mercy, and the truth—are changing the hearts of abortion-minded women.
It looks like Oregon pregnancy care centers will be facing their own battles soon enough. Here’s the opening text of SB 776, introduced at the request of Planned Parenthood:
Whereas ‘alternative-to-abortion organizations,’ also called
‘crisis pregnancy centers,’ misinform and mislead women to deter
or to delay them from having abortions; and
Whereas there are 51 alternative-to-abortion organizations or
crisis pregnancy centers operating in Oregon; and
Whereas some crisis pregnancy centers intentionally choose
their names to mislead women into believing that the centers
offer a wide range of family planning and abortion care when they
do not; and
Whereas in order to confuse their clients and capitalize on
their patients’ confusion, crisis pregnancy centers design their
facilities to look like health care facilities and locate the
facilities near clinics that offer family planning and abortion
care; and
Whereas many crisis pregnancy centers not only mislead women
about abortion care but also will not provide information about birth control…
| Category: Bill Watch, Abortion, Legislature
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Just when I thought they couldn’t get any dumber…
What is up with Planned Parenthood and NARAL, they think that just because Democrats control the state legislature, forcing them to take a vote on a bill like this, isn’t going to send their house of cards a tumblin’ down? My only wish was that the bill started in the house where they hold the majority by a slim 1 seat.
Nice piece on your cover about Chuck Colson. I didn’t realize he was being taken seriously after his prison time for Watergate.
Highest rate of STD’s in the industrial world. Highest rate of teen pregnancy in the industrial world. Lowest percentage of the population with knowledge of basic sexual information. Sounds to me like SB 776 has some merit.
Hmm, could that be Steve March the former pro-abortion Democrat Legislator (House Member 2001-2004)? What alternative universe do you live in? So STD’s, Teen Pregnancy and lack of basic sexual information (presuming ANY of that is actually true) are the fault of faith-based organizations run by volunteers and funded by private donors?
I am sure you are familiar with Planned Parenthood. They are an international organization dedicated to abortion, contraceptives and so-called sex education. They are funded by giant foundations, corporations, the United Way and let’s not forget Federal and State Government. The most recent numbers I could find were for 2005 when the net profit of Planned Parenthood was $63 million!
Where exactly does the responsibility lie for this so-called crisis of sexual misinformation?
As for Chuck Colson, he was involved in Watergate? Oh no! (dripping with sarcasm) Former Rep. March . . . or whoever you are . . . you need to read more.
This bill does is not legislation that is trying to close down or push out crisis pregnancy centers, it is simply trying to give oversight to the Department of Human Services to collect data, guaranteeing that these organizations are properly disclosing their services, religious affiliation, and to guarantee the accuracy of medical information provided as well as guarantee that the advertising of such centers is not misleading. Planned Parenthood is already held to the standards that this bill works to hold Crisis Pregnancy Centers to. I believe that if an organization wants to give medical information it should be staffed by licensed medical personnel and be upfront with what their true position is. Leaving all politics aside, Planned Parenhood is already doing this and Crisis Pregnancy Centers should be doing the same.
There’s one key difference between Planned Parenthood and Crisis Pregnancy Centers. PP is publicly funded. All of the CPCs that I know of in Oregon are funded through private donations.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’ve heard of no complaints from Oregon women about CPCs. To me, this seems like an unreasonable, politically motivated attack on organizations that offer free help and support to women in crisis situations.
NJ, Please provide the state standards that Planned Parenthood is held to. Where can I find them?