The Dishonesty of "Pro-Life" Centers is Coming Back to Haunt Them


They sound so kind and gentle. "Come visit us, get a pregnancy test," "Free diapers" and "We'll help you threw it" are the marketing gimmicks. There are countless examples of false results of pregnancy tests where those who advise the young women, "The results of your test show your pregnancy is too far along for an abortion." 

This is not to say all of these places are dishonest about the pregnancy tests. It's that women have taken the test at some and taken the test at a legitimate place and found pro-life place was either incompetent or lied. 

There were news items in the Christian press when Roe was overturned which declared an urgent need for more of these pro-life pregnancy centers because it was believed there were going to be many more women carrying pregnancies to full term. Since then, we all know, the number of abortions has increased so the number of pregnancy centers needed must have dropped also.

This has a financial angle of course. Pro-life centers in poor areas need more money. Some in the pro-life camp are already lamenting the lack of support for these centers. The centers in other parts of the U.S. do not want to give up their donors. 

Texas has been funneling a lot of tax money into these centers. A big source of money also surely has been Catholic Churches. Lots of big dioceses have been declaring bankruptcy. If a Bishop is forced, these days, to decide between money for a pregnancy center or keeping it for his diocese budget which will he choose? Not pregnant women I'm sure. The diocese needs more babies but parting with its money is another matter. 

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