Comments on: A Strong Show of Force against Pregnancy Center Smear Campaign in Maryland http://www.frcblog.com/2008/03/a-strong-show-of-force-against-pregnancy-center-smear-campaign-in-maryland/ The Blog of Family Research Council Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:09:56 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Suricou Raven http://www.frcblog.com/2008/03/a-strong-show-of-force-against-pregnancy-center-smear-campaign-in-maryland/comment-page-1/#comment-915 Suricou Raven Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:31:30 +0000 http://new.frcblog.agathongroup.com/?p=403#comment-915 Perhaps this wouldn't have happened if there were not so many cases of PRCs misleading people. The study cited isn't the first time its happened - PRCs have for years been telling women seeking help that abortion causes breast cancer, that their baby (Its always a baby to them, the words embryo an fetus are banned) will be tortured by abortion, and of course hitting them with the classic gross-out image book and emotional blackmail. I have to laugh at one thing though. The FRC claims that when the NARAL sends a girl posing as pregnent to PRCs to collect evidence of unethical practice, this is "a weak attempt to disgrace the good work of PRCs." Yet when someone makes equally dubious calls to Planned Parenthood and offers to donate money for obviously racist reasons, and the donation is accepted, this is held by the FRC to be proof of the racism and genocidal tendencies hidden within PP. Perhaps this wouldn’t have happened if there were not so many cases of PRCs misleading people. The study cited isn’t the first time its happened – PRCs have for years been telling women seeking help that abortion causes breast cancer, that their baby (Its always a baby to them, the words embryo an fetus are banned) will be tortured by abortion, and of course hitting them with the classic gross-out image book and emotional blackmail.

I have to laugh at one thing though. The FRC claims that when the NARAL sends a girl posing as pregnent to PRCs to collect evidence of unethical practice, this is “a weak attempt to disgrace the good work of PRCs.” Yet when someone makes equally dubious calls to Planned Parenthood and offers to donate money for obviously racist reasons, and the donation is accepted, this is held by the FRC to be proof of the racism and genocidal tendencies hidden within PP.

]]> By: nigel http://www.frcblog.com/2008/03/a-strong-show-of-force-against-pregnancy-center-smear-campaign-in-maryland/comment-page-1/#comment-914 nigel Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:21:42 +0000 http://new.frcblog.agathongroup.com/?p=403#comment-914 IMO mandatory posting of disclaimers about services or forcing centers to tell women who contact them that the centers are "not required to provide factually accurate information to clients." is the wrong way to go. The correct thing to do is to require providing factually accurate information to clients. This applies to PRCs, crisis pregnancy centers or planned parenthood. There is nothing wrong with a center saying they object to abortion on moral grounds so will not give information about it, but if they do give information it must be medically accurate and not based on ideological opinion. IMO mandatory posting of disclaimers about services or forcing centers to tell women who contact them that the centers are “not required to provide factually accurate information to clients.” is the wrong way to go.
The correct thing to do is to require providing factually accurate information to clients. This applies to PRCs, crisis pregnancy centers or planned parenthood.

There is nothing wrong with a center saying they object to abortion on moral grounds so will not give information about it, but if they do give information it must be medically accurate and not based on ideological opinion.

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