NYC Passes Bill to Regulate Crisis Pregnancy Centers!

As part of a new national trend, states are attempting to expose the deception of Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) and New York has taken the lead and passed a historic city ordinance (Bill 371) that will regulate fake clinics in being truthful on what types of services they do and do not provide. This news is a bright spot during these current chaotic times where women’s access to comprehensive reproductive health services are being put on the chopping block.

As people all over the country fight for reproductive rights and access to comprehensive women’s health clinics, there is a presence of deceptive “clinics” that offer limited resources to those in need. Access to family planning and basic medical care has become a dire task with the presence of fake clinics. Crisis Pregnancy Center’s (CPCs) are clinics that pose to be clinics under names like “Pregnancy Aid”, “Open Door”, and “Pregnancy Counseling Center”. CPCs target young, poor, and minority women who have limited resources to family planning and contraceptives. These clinics use misleading advertisements to delay, persuade, and intimidate women from receiving the health care they need. Many of these clinics are affiliated with anti-choice organizations and do not perform abortions or give referrals to clinics that do. What’s even more ridiculous is the fact that many of these “clinics” do not have staff that are medically trained-lacking licensed doctors, nurses, and nurse practitioners.