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Rebutting the multitude of pro-abortion lies about Pregnancy Help Centers is a full-time job

Nov 5, 2021

By Dave Andrusko

Among the many lies that abortion advocates want the public to swallow whole near the top is that Pregnancy Help Centers (a) lie to women; (b) get unwarranted help from the state; and (c) that they are “racist.” Pardon? That’s a new one, so we’ll tackle that first.

A recent column for the Columbus Dispatch insisted this was so because a local center had photos of “black bodies” on its website. 

In a follow up column, Marie Baer responded

This begs an illuminating question: Is this center not supposed to use photos of the people who actually live in their neighborhood and they actually serve? Is McClung suggesting they should only have on their website photos of … who, exactly? White people? 

Moreover, it’s no secret that Planned Parenthood locates many of its killing centers in, or near, the inner city. That way it can further “expand access” to women of color who already have roughly three times the number of abortion as they are a percent of women of child-bearing age.

How about lying to women? What they mean, of course, is that pregnancy help centers tell such inconvenient truths that abortion increases the likelihood of premature births; increase the chances women will contract breast cancer; decrease the chances of caring a subsequent pregnancy to term; increases the incidence of placenta previa [where the placenta lies very low in the uterus and covers all or part of the cervix], not to mention the myriad of emotional after-shocks after having abortion. 

Chemical abortions are, supposedly, “safe.” This has been disproven in multiple studies. To take one, a 2015 study that appeared in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology found that chemical abortions had four times the complication rate of first-trimester surgical abortions.

It is true that some Pregnancy Help Centers get some state support, but it a pittance compared to the gravy train Planned Parenthood take a ride on every year. Where does that money go? Into their “baby boutique,” Baer writes, a room “stuffed full of diapers, formula, prenatal vitamins, baby wipes, baby soap, more diapers, clothes, car seats, toys, more diapers, then for good measure, more diapers.”

It’s noteworthy that the few truly women-affirming, life-affirming services offered at PPFA, while always a tiny fraction of its budget, has dropped precipitously in recent years. So when Baer asks 

When pregnant women in Columbus don’t go to a pregnancy resource center, where are they supposed to go for help? There is not a single Planned Parenthood in Columbus that offers prenatal care. 

She is only stating in microcosm what is the situation at PPFA clinics everywhere. Baer finishes with the greatest gift of all:

Pregnancy centers are often the only place these women can go to hear these two critical truths: that they have another option and that they are strong enough to take it. It’s Planned Parenthood that tells women — mostly poor women of color — that they’re just not strong enough to care for their babies.  

The many pregnancy resource centers around Ohio and the country have a better message: You absolutely can do this, and we will help you.  

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