Conservative lawmakers in multiple states are pushing legislation drafted by an anti-abortion advocacy group to increase protections for crisis pregnancy centers, organizations that provide some health-related services but also work to dissuade women from having abortions.
The legislation would prohibit state and local governments from requiring crisis pregnancy centers to perform abortions, provi...
The narrative presented here is a carefully constructed defense of a controversial sector of healthcare – crisis pregnancy centers – framed as a response to perceived attacks following *Roe v. Wade*. The “facts” provided are primarily oriented towards legitimizing the CARE Act model, a product of the Alliance Defending Freedom’s legal strategy. We see a classic “motte-and-bailey” maneuver: the core argument isn't about ensuring access to reproductive healthcare, but rather about defending the *r...