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fromwww.npr.org
15 hours ago

Red states move to protect crisis pregnancy centers using model legislation

The CARE Act is "model legislation" created by the Alliance Defending Freedom, an anti-abortion, conservative Christian legal advocacy group. The Wyoming bill says that pregnancy centers, many of which are affiliated with religious organizations, need legal protection after facing "unprecedented attacks" following the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade.
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fromTruthout
2 weeks ago

Federal Funding for People in Poverty Is Going to Anti-Abortion Centers Instead

States redirect federal poverty assistance funds (TANF) to crisis pregnancy centers, with Missouri allocating up to 75% of its TANF funding to these centers, totaling over $102 million across eight states since 2017.
fromBoston.com
3 weeks ago

Anti-abortion center's lawsuit against Mass. officials gets tossed

Local News Lawyers for Your Options Medical have vowed to appeal the dismissal. A federal judge sided with state officials Tuesday, agreeing that a Massachusetts public education campaign against crisis pregnancy centers did not violate an anti-abortion organization's constitutional rights. "The issues before the Court are straightforward," U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin opined, dismissing a 2024 lawsuit brought by Your Options Medical.
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fromwww.npr.org
3 months ago

Abortion opponents coming before the Supreme Court on Tuesday

A faith-based pregnancy center is asking the Supreme Court to block a New Jersey subpoena for donor records, citing First Amendment and donor-privacy concerns.
US politics
fromJezebel
6 months ago

Louisiana Has No Idea What Anti-Abortion Centers Are Doing With State Funding

Louisiana's governor directed $1.2 million to anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers without oversight, funding potentially ineligible services like abortion pill 'reversal'.
Women
fromJezebel
7 months ago

Georgia County Might Funnel Half a Million Towards an Anti-Abortion Center

Crisis pregnancy centers manipulate patients under the guise of providing support to deter abortions.
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