GOP state lawmakers have passed millions in new funding for crisis pregnancy centers, which aim to dissuade women from having abortions.
“It’s time to equip them with the resources they need to play a bigger role,” Lee said in February, referring to the largely unregulated and often faith-based organizations thatapproved $20 million in new annual funding for the centers — echoing a trend of Republican-controlled states seeking to boost funding or add new revenue to the centers in theThis year, GOP-majority legislatures in 12 states passed 25 bills providing at least $250 million in...
supports abortion rights and identifies the location of more than 2,500 crisis pregnancy centers nationwide. Minnesota’s state legislature and Gov. Tim Walz ended a similar $3.3 million annual grant in June. This year, Vermont, Illinois and Colorado alsoagainst centers that use deceptive or fraudulent practices.“We are not trying to close them down,” said Illinois state Rep. Terra Costa Howard , a lead sponsor of the bill in her state. “We are just trying to get them to stop deceiving women who are already in a scary situation.
Despite the influx of state money, most funding to the centers comes from private donations, researchers say. The Charlotte Lozier Institute, a research arm of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, said in a 2020 report that “at least 90 percent of total funding for centers is raised through private donations.”about the practices in the centers and the
“It’s incredibly inefficient. It would be less expensive to just give them the pack of diapers,” said Murtha. Democratic-led cities and states have sought for years to investigate crisis pregnancy centers for allegedly deceptive practices.
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