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Women given 'untrue' abortion info
Pregnancy centres in Canada that provide misleading information on abortions to discourage women...
Pregnancy centres in Canada that provide misleading information on abortions to discourage women from choosing them will not be tackled by the governmenrt, it has been reported.
The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care said it will not crack down on the centres that highlight the negatives of abortion without revealing their pro-life agenda.
Spokesman Andrew Morrison said: "We don't fund them, so we don't have a lot of oversight on them.
"As with these types of things that are sort of outside the ministry purview, it is 'buyer, beware' and a matter of people doing a bit of homework."
According to a Star article published in August 7, women facing unplanned pregnancies are often given untrue or misleading information about the physical or psychological risks of abortion by charitable organisations called crisis pregnancy centres.
A backlash over publicly funded crisis pregnancy centres in the United States resulted in truth-in-advertising legislation.
Jane Gauthier, interim executive director for the Canadian Federation for Sexual Health, said it would welcome consumer legislation.
She added: "I think that it's important that women have information about what the centre is really all about before they even step in the door."
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City passes law on abortion signage
Pregnancy centres in the US city Baltimore must post advisory signs if they do not provide...
Pregnancy centres in the US city Baltimore must post advisory signs if they do not provide abortions or birth control referrals or face a $150 fine, under new city council legislation.
The bill was passed on Monday night and needs a signature from the mayor to be finalised.
Thought to be the first measure of its kind in the country, president Stephanie Rawlings-Blake proposed the bill after human rights activists claimed some clinics tell women of an unproven link between abortion and illness such as breast cancer and other health problems.
Anti-abortionists say centres which provide information and help for poor women will be targeted.
Jeffrey D. Meister, the chief lobbyist for Maryland Right to Life, told Fox News: "The thing that's most disappointing about it is not the particular signs that are put up or the particular bill itself, but the message that it sends.
"This is the first time in the United States that any elected body has chosen to vote to condemn pregnancy centres. Baltimore City has just said, 'We recognise you do great work, but politically we're going to regulate you anyway.'"
Montgomery County Council is reportedly considering its own version of the bill.
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