Fake Clinic Alert! Again and Again! We can't let them do this!

[Catamount]

Although this thread from Planned Parenthood was posted last week in the Choice forum...I believe this is political and disgusting. It's just another way the unsuspecting young women are being tormented by religious zealots with only their own agendas in mind.
I think it deserves to be kept on the front page for as long as possible, so I'm posting it again!

An Indiana mother recently accompanied her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend to one of Indiana's Planned Parenthood clinics, but they unwittingly walked into a so-called "crisis pregnancy center" run by an anti-abortion group, one that shared a parking lot with the real Planned Parenthood clinic and was designed expressly to lure Planned Parenthood patients and deceive them.

The group took down the girl's confidential personal information and told her to come back for her appointment, which they said would be in their "other office" (the real Planned Parenthood office nearby). When she arrived for her appointment, not only did the Planned Parenthood staff have no record of her, but the police were there. The "crisis pregnancy center" had called them, claiming that a minor was being forced to have an abortion against her will.

The "crisis pregnancy center" staff then proceeded to wage a campaign of intimidation and harassment over the following days, showing up at the girl's home and calling her father's workplace. Our clinic director reports that the girl was "scared to death to leave her house." They even went to her school and urged classmates to pressure her not to have an abortion.

The anti-choice movement is setting up these "crisis pregnancy centers" across the country. Some of them have neutral-sounding names and run ads that falsely promise the full range of reproductive health services, but they dispense anti-choice propaganda and intimidation instead. And according to a recent article in The New York Times, there are currently more of these centers in the U.S. than there are actual abortion providers. What's more, these centers have received $60 million in government grants. They're being funded by our tax dollars.

A bill has just been introduced in Congress to stop the fraudulent practices of fake clinics, but it desperately needs more support. Tell your representative to take a stand: anti-choice extremists must not get away with this any longer!

Go to: http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/fakeclinics

[PublicWrath]

1. signed and sent n/t

[Catamount]

6. Thanks PW, let's keep this kicked !

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[Waya]

2. Isn't this already illegal?

With the new HIPAA and all?
And this calling the fathers work, showing up at the girls home and School is definately illegal - harrassment....

[Catamount]

8. Yes I'd say so...but then look at their leadership!

They set the example and the rest of the sheep follow blindly.

[Crunchy Frog]

10. Somebody on another thread said it wasn't against HIPAA

since they're not actually medical providers, just impersonating them. :crazy: I don't know what the truth is.

[Waya]

18. Well, impersonating them....

...would be even worse - I would think!

[mark11727]

3. What would happen if Eric Rudolph went to the wrong address, and...

...oh, never mind.

[Bobbieo]

5. Signed and sent!!!

My Congressman always responds to these e-mails with a written letter.

[jeff30997]

4. What a bunch of disgusting psychos!

:grr:

[redqueen]

7. This crap is out of control.

Our tax money pays for that? To deter people from seeking a legally available solution to unwanted pregnancy?

Jesus, please, save us from your insane-o fan club.

[Crunchy Frog]

9. We need to start picketing these places,

especially ones like this that use their location to actually impersonate PP, but the rest of them also. Use signs about baby trafficing (which apparently is what many of them are actually up to). We need to start seriously educating the public about these places and put some heat on them.

[PublicWrath]

11. I have a question:

Have some of these fake clinics returned false-negative pregnancy tests in an effort to keep women from knowing they are pregnant until it's too late to get legal abortions?

[MountainLaurel]

12. That's what I've heard

From articles, in which a woman who already knew she was pregnant went in to see what they were about.

[PublicWrath]

13. Thanks for answering. I read something suggestive of that in

another post, but I wasn't sure.

[Catamount]

14. My god they're twisted! Please keep this kicked gals!

Everyone should be made aware of these dreadful places.
:hi:

[ZRB]

15. K+R

Blood pressure...rising...aaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!! I hate these fucking fucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Catamount]

16. There there now! Calm down, please?

Only cool and healthy heads will prevail!

[ZRB]

17. OK, the blood pressure has dropped.

I'm feeling very calm and collected.


But I still hate these fucking fucks!