| On Mother’s Day, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched an anti-choice website that claims to offer “Resources, Information, and Help for New and Expecting Mothers.” The site looks like a 1950’s-era advertisement in more vibrant colors. The picture is of a white woman holding her pregnant belly. As you scroll, baby footprints in pink and blue appear on the sides.The website states that it is aimed at “[a]ddressing the needs of mothers and fathers who face difficult or unexpected pregnancies and ensuring the wellbeing of mothers and the health of American families.” Alarmingly, this website then goes on to list Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) next to federally qualified health centers, effectively granting CPCs a false sense of legitimacy and credibility despite their long-documented history of providing misleading information and operating outside the standards of licensed medical care. When a visitor clicks on the “Find Pregnancy Centers Near You” button, they’re taken to a Center Locator page. When we entered an Albuquerque zip code into the search, only CPCs came up. CPCs have an anti-abortion agenda and they do NOT provide comprehensive reproductive healthcare. They are part of a larger anti-abortion network that is collecting data of vulnerable women, without the privacy protections required of actual comprehensive reproductive health providers. Many people seeking care may not realize that HIPAA protections frequently do not apply at CPCs, leaving deeply personal information vulnerable to collection, sharing, and misuse. At a time when reproductive healthcare access is already under attack across the country, it is deeply concerning to see a federal agency elevate organizations that are known for using deceptive tactics, delaying access to time-sensitive medical care, and prioritizing ideology over evidence-based healthcare. People seeking reproductive healthcare deserve transparency and medically accurate information, not politically motivated misinformation presented under the guise of public health resources.We ran bus ads in Albuquerque and Santa Fe in February, but that’s not enough! We need to keep warning people about the dangers CPCs pose. Ways you can help: Tell everyone you know! We have more information about data privacy and CPCs on our website. Keep someone you love from visiting a CPC and refer them to NM Abortion Info to find a list of legitimate healthcare providers. Help fund a billboard or bus ad! Friends don’t let friends end up at a CPC. |
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