Lawsuit seeks to expose federal ties to anti-abortion centers

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original- The New Standard

Lawsuit seeks to expose federal ties to anti-abortion centers
by Michelle Chen

Nov. 2 – A Washington watchdog is looking into connections between federal funding and organizations that aim to discourage abortions by giving women misleading advice.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) is going to court to force the US government to disclose its funding policy toward "pregnancy resource centers."

Backed by the White House and religious groups, pregnancy resource centers are local organizations that purport to provide women with family-planning advice. Evidence has emerged that some of the centers have been giving false and misleading information about the health risks of abortions. The White House and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) fund many of the centers.

CREW filed the complaint with the Washington, DC federal district court last week after the HHS failed to respond to an August Freedom of Information Act request for a range of government documents on the centers. The group seeks disclosure of the criteria for funding the centers, information on efforts to separate religion from other activity, and communications by the HHS concerning the accuracy of the advice that the centers provided.
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[Solo_in_MD]

1. This could get interesting and dangerous

In the name of "fairness" Federal funding could get cut off to all family planning and pregnancy centers. IIRC Planned Parenthood's largest source of funding is Federal money, some of it coming through state agencies. The imitation centers get some government money but are mostly by donations from supporters.

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2. These 'helpful' organizations are

LYING to women. They're providing WRONG medical information.

Malpractice? Hey, maybe these 'medical' centers should get some advice from the head of the Nat'l Evangelical Assoc...the great Pastor Haggard! The holy hypocrite Haggard!

I think this evangelical hypocrisy is about over...once the financial markets head south, these guys will have NOTHING to offer their greedy little followers.