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Fake abortion clinics now outnumber real ones 3 to 1, campaigners say, as pro-life activists try to pressure and shame women into abandoning terminations

Author:     Bethany Dawson
Source:     Insider
Publication Date:     Aug 21, 2022 | 8:47 AM
 Link: Fake abortion clinics now outnumber real ones 3 to 1, campaigners say, as pro-life activists try to pressure and shame women into abandoning terminations
Stephan:   Because we now have a christofascist majority on the Supreme Court, the abortion issue is moved down to the states, which are easier for the MAGAts to control. The obsession in Red states with controlling women's bodies, including a large number of White women who buy into their own subordination, has led to the scam reported in this article. I see this as a major trend affecting the Great Schism Trend. Every day in a hundred ways we are becoming two countries.
Credit: Bethany Dawson / Insider
  • Fake clinics now outnumber real clinics by 3 to 1, with about 2,600 in the US, campaigners say. 
  • Fake clinics post misleading information about fake or exaggerated side effects on their websites. 
  • Campaigners want Google to stop these sites appearing in searches for abortion clinics. 

Fake abortion clinics that try to trick pregnant women in states where abortion is now banned and are searching online for termination options were given an unprecedented boost after Roe v Wade was overturned earlier this year, campaigners argue.

Research shows that thousands of clinics posing as health centers offering abortions are ideological pro-life hubs that aim to pressure and shame pregnant women into abandoning their termination plans.

A nine-state study by the Alliance,

✎ EditSign which advocates for women’s rights and gender equality, found that fake clinics now outnumber authentic clinics 3 to 1, with about 2,600 now operating in the US. 

For example, the Alliance found, in searching “abortion clinic New Mexico,” one of the first sites featured is the Care Net Centre of Santa Fe. While it appears to offer advice […]

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