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No, they're not. But if these people are willing to help (and still get the mom access to medical care, even if the doctor isn't on staff), what's the harm in letting them? I'm all for anything that helps pregnant women, as long as they want the help from that place, and are aware of what they are getting into.
These organizations exist to actively deny women the ability to choose by (1) not making it crystal clear that they do not provide abortion services, (2) surreptitiously eating up the time a woman is legally allowed to get an abortion. They are designed to fool unsophisticated women into NOT HAVING A CHOICE, and purposefully increasing the emotional toll of the decision to have an abortion. Fuck them all. EDIT: I’m an attorney. When I use the word “unsophisticated” in this context, I mean “unfamiliar with the phenomenon of religious organizations pretending to be pregnancy centers, that are designed to run out the clock from having an abortion.” If you’ve got limited time to make a decision, and you make an appointment with one of these places saying you need an abortion, they will tell you to come in, and will not volunteer that they don’t offer abortions. It is well documented that women have run out of time to have an abortion because of these asshats. But go ahead, fuckface, be a disingenuous shill.
You don't find that attitude to be just a bit insulting to women? Like they don't know what abortion is, and need it properly mansplained to them?
There are women who find themselves unexpectedly pregnant, and decide out of their own free will to keep their baby, in spite of the huge financial burden. That's a choice, that's just as valid as the choice to have an abortion. If these places can help, why not let them?
If we're going to respect women's choices, we need to respect all of them, and not dismiss women who choose to keep their pregnancy as "unsophisticated".
LOL, it's funny you trying to mansplain someplace you've never had to deal with
Aside from what others have said, part of what these places do is delay the woman's choice, make her second guess herself/feel unnecessarily guilty, long enough that an abortion is no longer a viable option the state they're in.
They trick the women into unknowingly waiting too long
In your most sick, please stop going to doctors.
Instead, go to cocaine Steve behind the McDonald's. He's coming from a place of help... As he can help you resolve your pain with his life long experience and cocaine.
I mean, what's the harm? It's just information and anything that helps people who are sick and aware of what they're getting into.