So I’d like to tell my personal story about PCPs. When I was 16 I unexpectedly got pregnant. I lived in a very rural town in the Midwest, which meant there was no access to Planned Parenthood or any place where I could get real information. My parents told me they would kick me out of the house if it ever happened so I was afraid to talk to them. Most actual healthcare facilities wouldn’t take me without a guardian because I wasn’t old enough to legally sign my paperwork. There was, however, a building in town with a large sign outside offering free ultrasounds. When I looked them up they also claimed to offer free prenatal care, free baby furniture, clothes, diapers, etc. at the time I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to keep the pregnancy or not, but I was with a partner that supported me and I would’ve considered it. By the time I wound up going there I’d pretty much made up my mind that I was far enough in that I was going to keep it. So I went in and they asked me all kinds of really personal questions that made me very uncomfortable. They asked me for my full name, the names of my partner and my parents, they asked where I lived, where I went to school, where I worked, where my parents worked, where my partner lived.... I found out later that they weren’t required to keep any of that confidential, so if I’d gone elsewhere and terminated the pregnancy they could’ve shown up at my work or my school or my home and harassed me for it. They finish the questionnaire by asking “How would you feel knowing that God wants to help you?” And I almost had to keep myself from laughing, like ‘I feel a lot better if you wanted to help me’. After all these really uncomfortable questions were done they took me back and ran a drug store pregnancy test, basically the same type that I took at home. It came back positive but they informed me that their ultrasound tech was not in that day, and only was in during a time that I was at school; So basically if I wanted the free ultrasound that they offered specifically to teenage mothers I would have to skip class and try to not get caught. So one morning I did exactly that. I skipped class and tried to get back before they noticed I was gone. I went in, and before the ultrasound started they asked me how far in I was. I told them I was about three months in. They informed me that I would not be getting an ultrasound that day, because I was past their cut off. What they meant by that was that I was past the cut off for an abortion in the state that I lived in. So, even though I had already decided to keep the pregnancy and I needed medical help they turned me away because they couldn’t persuade me out of getting an abortion. They just didn’t care at that point. The whole reason why I wanted an ultrasound was because I was worried, I haven’t had any medical check ups during my pregnancy. I was worried there might be issues, that something might go wrong. They told me that everything was definitely fine and that my body was made to have a baby. Turns out I actually have a hemorrhaging issue that we didn’t know about before, and that I have a hereditary abnormality that makes it hard for me to carry pregnancies. Had I gone to an actual clinic they would’ve been able to tell me that after getting an ultrasound, they would’ve been able to prepare me for the risks and monitor me if not out right said that my pregnancy was too dangerous. Instead I found out about seven months in when I suddenly started pouring blood. I had no access to a doctor. I was home alone. No one knew there was any risk with me so no one was keeping an eye on me. I bled so much I went into shock and almost died. I gave birth to a stillborn, very premature, alone at home. The whole experience would’ve been really traumatizing even if I’d been older or been prepared for it. Even now, almost a decade later, I still have psychological issues because of it that I’m working through. It’s left a scar on me that’s going to take a long time to recover from, if I ever recover from it. And all of this could’ve been avoided if I’d had access to an actual clinic like Planned Parenthood. I’m genuinely disgusted by these PCPs and what they do to women.

I’ve been in one of these. They stated online that they did abortions. They stated over the phone that they did abortions. My husband and I went and got some papers we had to fill out. At the bottom under a lot of text, I was supposed to sign. In that text: they don’t do abortions. I got up and handed them back an unfinished packet and told them I had to go. I came under the impression that they did abortions, which they did not. “Oh well we should just take you back to make sure” The two pregnancy tests were pretty convincing. So was the blood test from the hospital a week later with the news that I was five weeks. “Can’t we talk about this” We didn’t. “Let’s just talk about your options”. Three older women kept just repeating that over and over at me. I was raised not to walk away from a conversation. By the end of it, I had to finally tell them that I had to. There wasn’t a choice in it. We can’t afford a kid. We can hardly afford to care for ourselves, and only one of us even has health insurance. I was having an emotional breakdown because of their badgering. They shut up, and we left. I hated that place. I still do, honestly. Edit: Thank you, everyone, for being so supportive! I really appreciate it, you have no idea! Thank you so so much! ❤️

Inpersonate a cop to take someone's $50 for a fake speeding ticket? You are going to prison for 10 years. Inperaonate a doctor and ruin countless women's lives? You get a tax break for religious reasons.

Years ago I was pregnant but due to high stress issues my baby stopped growing. I was told if I didn’t terminate via an operation that I would miscarry eventually and could die along with my baby. At that exact time the gov’t was trying to pass a law that would prohibit me from doing so because she had a heartbeat. They were willing to let me die just because my baby had a heartbeat although she would never make it to term. No lady, no one, no female at all takes abortion lightly. It’s a deeply personal decision regardless of what stage you are in. It’s ok if you are pro-life but I don’t think most people who are, specifically men, truly understand the countless layers of why women make these incredibly deep life changing decisions. If you’re so pro-life you should be pro-birth control and pro-paid family leave. How do you take a women’s choices away and then leave her helpless to care for her child? That same woman will end up on govt assistance and conservatives will call her a leech, the same ones who refused to let her terminate. I just don’t understand it.

"She stays on the table until she wants the baby." I've never wanted to punch an old woman in the face until now!

My mom sells eyeglasses and she has to follow HIPPA laws, how the fuck does a 'clinic' not have to do the same

Barbara: "Mother's are designed to die for their babies, not for their babies to die for them." Me: "Let me introduce you to several animal species, the mothers of which will abandon or eat their own young in lean times. Just to start with."

that OB/GYN angrily explaining how the CPC had lied to that woman made me feel so comforted. she was so indignant for her patient, and even respected her as a full person by saying 'she had been using drugs throughout the pregnancy, so very responsibly decided to end the pregnancy.'

How it isn't illegal in the US to impersonate a medical facility and trick people into thinking you have any medical knowledge or training is beyond me.

The person who lied to that woman about how long she can wait before getting an abortion should be legally forced to pay for raising that child.

that awkward moment when people care more about an unborn fetus than the millions of kids in foster homes and orphanages across the US......

A friend of mine got herself an abortion a few months ago. Reasons being: 1) It was not the right time for her to have a baby. She was not financially stable enough to raise a child or be checked in to a hospital for childbirth. (She took the pill, she was covered and cleared by her doctor). 2) Her family would have disowned her if she told them she was pregnant without being married. She lives at home, and would have been kicked out. 3) She did not want to put a child through the system after reading the statistics. She wanted to raise and protect a child of her own, on her own time, and she was not ready for that. Another friend of mine got impregnated via rape and also got an abortion (couple years ago). You cannot, in good conscience, call her a monster for not wanting to keep something growing inside of her against her will. She didn't WANT the baby. The man who raped her hurt her. She didn't want to continue HIS legacy. She has a wonderful Fiancé now, and he told her that he didn't care about having kids until she was ready to do so. (Honestly he's a gem and I'm so damn happy that she has a good guy!) ~~~~ In the first situation: Yes, she should have been using protection, but she made a mistake. Everyone makes mistakes. She has learned and is taking steps to avoid situations like that. In the second scenario: if she had carried the baby to term, it would have been a constant reminder of the horrendous things she had to go through. It would be a scar on her memory. It is devastating whenever someone needs an abortion, yes. However, robbing the woman of the choice to stop if she's not ready is wrong. Would you condemn my friends? They put a lot of thought into their decisions.

Even if condoms had a 20% failure rate that means they have a 80% sucess rate. And this is a fact 80% effective is better than 0% effective.

I went to college in a small town in Minnesota and there was a CPC in my town. I honestly thought they offered abortion clinics, until a student at my school wrote an article for the school paper and exposed them. The people at the clinic were FURIOUS and wrote angry things all over the Internet accusing him of "making things up." If I remember correctly it was a pretty ugly-worded response too, even though the original was only stating the facts without any personal attacks--I think this comparison shows their true color: people who hide behind fake and misleading messages, twisting truths and attacking those who expose them into the light.

"jelly on the belly" is just an awesome ad for pulling out

I wanted to keep my daughter and was in an abusive relationship. I went to one of these centers truly seeking help. I don't know who they help but the only options they presented me were to give her away to strangers. I pulled through myself. She's a happy, healthy 11 year old in gifted and talented classes and it wasn't thanks to their help! I'm pro choice all the way but thought I should share they don't even help people who do want to have their child. At least not me.

Barbara Beavers reminds me way too much of Dolores Umbridge. Way too much.

These organizations are absolutely morally horrifying. I went to a conservative Christian school from Kindergarten through high school. I honestly have no idea how much of my tuition went towards funding these CPCs. All of my sex ed was actually taught by the local CPC. I cannot explain to you how terrifying it is to hear the quote, "If you got pregnant, even through rape, it is completely your fault and you should love your baby no matter what." I've been told that condoms don't work, that the pills don't work, and it's truly my fault that these things don't work because of "human's sinful nature." To this day, I hate how I was taught and I guarantee you that nothing has changed. These need to go as soon as possible.

My brother’s wife AND my husband’s sister both had to get abortions with their first pregnancies due to medical issues. Both babies did not develop fully and not only would the babies not survive the pregnancy, they were putting both women in danger. The decision was heartbreaking for both of them, but they both chose to go forward with the procedure. They wouldn’t perform the procedure in the hospital so both had to go to an abortion clinic. My husband’s sister got accosted by protesters as she was walking in to the clinic! The most heart wrenching day of her life and she was accosted because she had to get an abortion to save her own life! If the government wants to put so many restrictions on these clinics, they should let them be done in an actual hospital!

My mom told me a few years ago that she had an abortion in college. If she hadn't, I probably wouldn't exist today. If she had given birth that first time, she probably would have had to drop out of college, the father didn't believe her when she told him, so she would have been on her own. She never would have joined the Army, where she met my dad. They then waited until they were near 30, had a stable income and a house. Granted, she ended up having to leave my dad for some very good reasons, but because of those choices, I grew up in a stable environment, where we had plenty of money for food, clothes and toys for me. She got back with an old boyfriend of hers and he raised me as his own until he died a couple years ago from a heart attack. Instead of that other baby, being born to a young 20 something with a lower paying job, probably no college degree, no father to a mother who didn't want it in the first place. Who knows how that child's life would have gone. We have these clinics in my town, and knowing what they can pull pisses me off.

I clicked on a John Oliver video in public thinking it's fine and then my speaker just said "Pornography" and now everyone is looking at me weird. I blame you John.

Kinda appropriate that CPC's would employ the same tactics as sexual predators

A pastor working for a CPC harassed me while I was just getting my birth control implant replaced at a Planned Parenthood. My partner punched him out cold onto the icy ground. Planned Parenthood had footage of him trying to pull me away from the doors so my partner wasn't charged but the pastor was (trespassing and assault) I was so pleased. I still giggle about it.

This happened to me approximately 30 years ago in Alabama. The clinic's name was Save A Life. I went for a free pregnancy test. I was LOCKED in a room with a TV playing an anti-abortion video. It was very graphic showing a woman having seizures and cut up fetuses. They were pressuring me about adoption, which was a mistake. I was living in my car and working part time. My father would not allow me in their house. My father had also forbid me to be on birth control. I was in no position to go through all that. I was furious. So I cursed them out for being deceitful and predatory then went to planned parenthood. I was 18 years old. I hope with the recent threats to abortion rights you'll address this again.

Force them to have a baby and then ‘cut them off’. These people are evil.

I could have sworn lying was a sin. Golly, must be my lady hormones making me all confused.

I was reading the comments and saw a good quote "A apple seed is not an apple tree" -@Have a great day!

"They're about controlling womens' sexual behavior." Fucking nailed it, John

But actually, I'd LOVE it if you'd take that delightful new bus clinic and park it right outside a CPC or two and ACTUALLY handed out condoms, gave phone numbers for the nearest ACTUAL abortion clinics in the area (even if they're a state away), AND still gave free ultrasounds (or at the very least, still gave pamphlets with real information about pregnancy, abortion laws, and what real options and planning look like). I don't know what kind of budget the network is giving you, but... >_> Just an idea.

“She stays on that table until she loves that baby” Yo.....I’ve never wanted to scream so much in my life

Some real handmaid’s tale shit going on here

I am a Christian and despite what I personally feel about abortion I am appalled about the immoral behaviour of the anti abortion people. I think there are conversations that could be had and genuine help that could be provided, including financial aid, adoption services, education and impartial counselling. But lying and manipulating vulnerable women is disgusting and deplorable. It's highly hypocritical as much as anything else. They don't seem to truly care as much as they profess.

My favorite part about Crisis Pregnancy Centers is that they often don't even claim to be JUST a pregnancy/abortion clinic but a women's clinic in general. There's not one but TWO of those things on either side of the local Planned Parenthood (both calling themselves Women's Health Clinic and Women's Care Clinic) and when I had a UTI I mistakenly went in there for antibiotics. They were very nice to me up until the moment they realized I wasn't pregnant and therefore was no use to them to which they then told me to go 'see a doctor' instead. Which is funny, because they had me laboring under the impression there ALREADY was a doctor on their premises. Silly me to believe a place that calls itself a 'Women's Health Clinic' didn't actually have any way of taking care of a woman's health. Thankfully Planned Parenthood actually DOES take care of women's health issues and so I all I had to do was wander next door. I really have to wonder how many women like me who were just sick wandered into those places thinking they could get treatment and were soundly rejected.

Barbara Beavers has the kind of condescending voice you would expect from a cartoon villain.

Imagine being pregnant by rape and walking into that place to see the yay for the new mommy and daddy sign. Disgusting.

Man imagine if they spent, like half that money on creepy vans for diverting pregnant women away from medical services on say, health care, anti-poverty saftey nets, and/or effective sex education, they could actually probably reduce abortions by a considerable amount, while also not causing women in hard situations any more confusion and suffering.

"Mamas...women..." That's pretty succinct. This Beavers lady thinks that 'woman' and 'mother' are synonymous.

Those people care about babies exactly as long as they are in the womb. As soon as they are out they are on their own.

Yep. I accidentally did my college internship at a crisis pregnancy center without knowing what I was getting into. I was super religious at the time and just knew that my church promoted the place and I could get to do ultrasounds all day! Definitely an eye opener. And yes, they absolutely tell people that condoms are ineffective, and they also actively shame women for having premarital sex. Not just the patients, but they were constantly talking down to me about the fact that I lived with someone. They have no soft spot in their hearts for these women. The ladies that ran this place seemed more like they hated sexualy active young women and had no desire to help them, only a desire to shame them and convince them to keep babies they dont want.

Steven Crowder did a rebuttal to this rant and honestly it just proved the complete ignorance of the pro-life movement. John was specifically talking about how these organizations target women, spread misinformation and harm women who are looking for abortions. And literally said if you are pro life that’s ok but don’t do it like THIS. But of course they saw this as an attack and labeled it propaganda. But isn’t it the right who always say “facts don’t care about your feelings.” Idk how anyone can watch this and see this as ok and an attack.

Here in Indianapolis, there is a CPC next door to a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic. Why do they feel the need to lie to women? Oh right, because honesty is a sign of respect for a person's intelligence and agency.

You know it’s like Jesus said, “It’s cool to lie to people as long as you get what you want.”

"If you're preborn you're fine, if you're preschool you're fucked" -George Carlin

I was adopted at birth, and for a good portion of my life wish that my birth mom had gotten an abortion. I bring that up not for shock value; I struggle immensely with trust issues and suicidal ideation, so that part is definitely mine. I say this because I really believe that if we really cared about life, children, etc., we would make sure that they and women get everything they need to have healthy and loving relationships with them. Abortion is actually a humane choice if context is allowed to enter. It hurts to see how little people actually care - especially as they’re willing to take advantage of and manipulate sensitive and vulnerable women so routinely. No wonder a lot these jokes have rape-vibe vans. They’re the same. Just on the other end.

I hate how people identify themselves as pro-life and pro-choice. You know why I'm pro-choice? Because I'm pro-life. Excuse me for not wanting the countless lives that haven't started yet to be frought with any combination of poverty, emotional abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, never being given any opportunities in life and having to just keep struggling for something you can't control, and not having a guardian. Are you aware that there are 443,000 children in foster care in the US? And all these people are like "oh I want my kids to look like me and have my spouses nose and we'll be such a happy family". You know who's not happy? Most of those 443,000 kids in fostercare who you were too selfish to do anything other for than ignore. Stop shitting on people who've had abortions. Have a nice day. And to my siblings who've had abortions, we're so proud of you for being responsible enough to put the welfare of that child ahead of other's hurtful words. I hope that you have a solid support system behind you when or if you decide to be a parent. We stand with you😘

Trying to lure women in to the back of a van. YES!, that isn't creepy.

There's no "Jelly on the belly" for early pregnancy, they have to go intravaginally. Same as when checking for cysts or endometriosis.

I absolutely love this episode. John Oliver, please don’t ever change. Things like this need to be talked about much more often - and changed so things are much better for the victims involved💯💯💯💯 Edit: If “Hot Dam” was a real show/movie, I would totally watch it. Repeatedly.

As a CNA (certified nursing assistant), I can not believe CPCs aren’t illegal. That’s just absolutely absurd.

Average prolifer: "We must not never have abortions! All life is sacred!" Bit later, same people: "Why are my urban centers flooded with youth drug addicts and criminals from poor backgrounds without any father figures?" Cause and effect is so hard to understand.

I can confirm the majority of what he is saying is true. In my freshmen year at a Catholic HIgh School I had to volunteer at a CPC. It was located across the street from an Abortion Clinic. While inside we were taken a tour of the CPC and yup in the room where they did the ultrasounds were stupid blurbs that said things like 'Hi mommy!' 'I can't wait to meet you!'

I accidentally ended up in one of these about a decade ago (we weren't even looking for an abortion anyway, but w/e), and it was wild. They immediately separated my ex from me and took her in the back for upwards of 45 minutes. Anyone who's ever had a baby knows that I would normally have been welcomed back as well, if this place were on the up and up, which they were not. I started looking around the waiting room and it became apparent that Jesus was ultra-popular there. Finally, my ex returns and very stiffly whispers, "Let's go now." Apparently, they did an ultrasound, made her look at it, asked her if I was pressuring her to abort, then asked to pray for her, along with an assortment of other odd things. They gave us a pamphlet of classes and told us that if we went to enough classes, we could get free stuff. We guessed that the classes would likely just devolve into Bible study, and passed. Fucking nuts, man.

That woman Barbara Beavers looks straight outta some horror movie holy shit that random laugh!

I understand that people don't like abortions and think they should be banned, but here's a little secret: the majority of pro-choice people don't like it either, but it's a difficult choice for individuals to make, not anyone else. Abortions aren't likeable, but they should be an option for women who want or need one

A dream job of mine would be to work in one of these centers and being like “go, save yourself” to a woman who wanted an abortion, that would be really fun

Nobody should force their beliefs on anybody else. Believe what you want. Just don't expect me to. I'm a man, so abortion is none of my business unless the baby is mine and my opinion is asked. No man should be able to have any say on the subject unless they're asked

In France, we recently passed a law, which condemn misinformation about abortion. It has for example led to the closure of several anti-abortion websites, which presented themselves as "information site about abortion". This law is active and prevent things such as CPCs.

Yes because we obviously don't have any children in foster care who would need a parent. Let's just make more.

When I was in high school (Catholic school), our local pregnancy center came to educate us about STDs and pregnancy. They spouted some pretty outdated and hateful ideas, including tell our entire class that homosexuality was a 'mental illness' and everything revolving around pregnancy and babies was tied in to something about 'God'. That was 2007. It's so wild to me that places like this can be legal and operating still, but unfortunately I'm also not surprised with how things have continued to decline over the past few years.

It is not your body and therefor not your business, easy as that. Why this whole thing is so escalated in the US is beyond me.

So after receiving too many of the wrong kind of seed donations, John and Wanda have decided to talk to people that suffered the same fate. Praise be. Praise be.

"Mothers... I mean, women..." I guess we know what she thinks a woman's role is then

For anyone who is against abortions: Please watch "Call the midwife", especially series eight. It shows what women did when abortions were illegal in the 1950s and 1960s and how they suffered. The lack of choices made them go to backalley places where other women with unsanitary equipment and little knowledge did what the women begged for. Of course, times have changed and there are many ways to prevent pregnancies, but if accidents happen, and they do, allow women to avoid a life of misery

I'm just disgusted... I can't say anything to get as close how horrifying, monstrous and appalling all this is...

You be scary, America.

Yeah I went into one of these things years ago when I had a pregnancy scare in college. I knew something was up pretty quickly, because there were some really strange questions on the form they gave me (it looked like a medical intake form but had questions on it concerning religious affiliation and where I went to church.) When someone came to talk to me and started asking me questions about the would be father (had I been pregnant, wasn't, thank goodness) and talking about how great motherhood could be, I noped out of there so fast and got a pregnancy test at the health department. I needed legitimate support, not bull shit peer pressure.

These places are as literally just full of quack doctors. They should all be shut down and the employees should be jailed for life for medical malpractice.

GREAT! So the thousands of dollars worth of taxes I pay each year, is going towards these ridiculous ass windowless vans!

How is that not fraud? How are these places being funded? Why isn't this illegal?

i interned at planned parenthood's national office and one thing an executive said that stuck with me was "we'll continue to provide abortions as long as women continue to need them, but in an ideal world, we'd like abortion to be completely unnecessary." They advocate heavily for birth control/safe sex education because it's obviously better that women don't end up in that position in the first place. Abortion providers aren't operating because they want to make money; they're doing it because it's necessary -- they recognize that if everyone was educated about and able to access contraceptives, they wouldn't have a business, and they want it that way.

These places are legitimate scams...should be a million court cases against them.

15:29 I love how you can hear the confusion and outrage from the audience

Everytime I watch John Oliver, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Real Talk. I want (need) a Wildlife Documentary series narrated by a sassy John Oliver titled "Johnny O.'s Nature Facts".

I was voluntold into cleaning at one of these once. The woman who talked to my offbrand Girl Scout troop about what they did there told us straight out that they were trying to lure in people who were looking for the abortion clinic across the street and then guilt them into carrying the baby to term and sometimes converting to Christianity. They had a bell to ring every time they talked someone out of an abortion- I dusted the bell. It was supergross.

I tried to like this videos 7 times. UKposts needs to create a super like option for John Oliver!

My brother is "pro-life", and will parrot the bullshit about cancer risks and all that fuckery as pure scientific fact. Point him to medical studies that prove him 100% wrong and he very obstinately states that "they're made to say that". We don't talk much at this point.

_"Here's another question I have, _*_How come when it's us, it's an abortion, and when it's a chicken, it's an omelette?"_*_ - George Carlin_

They are so firm in their holy believes, yet they don't give a crap about *"Thou shalt not bear false witness"*

Just watched the Handmaid's Tale, where in the before-Gilead times they showed one of the characters seek an abortion and accidentally go into a CPC. And it's absolutely chilling to see it in the context of that story, because Gilead looks like such a logical and seamless transition from the bs pushed by CPC...

Whether you are pro-choice or pro-life I really think we should be on the same page that people without medical training shouldn't be preforming medical procedures. I also think we should be on the same page that misinformation shouldn't be given in order to sway someones choice.

Parts of the baby end up in your heart and lungs? oh yeah forgot my reproductive system was connected to my respiratory tract. GTFOH

That these people still think an abortion is "killing a baby" is probably the strongest evidence that they can't learn.

"condoms are 20% ineffective" So they're effective 80% of the time.

In France it is a criminal offense to hamper the acess to an abortion (access to the building praticing abortions or threats to the medical staff and women). In 2017, it has been extended and it is now an offense to hamper an abortion by disrupting the access to a good information about abortion. The Law mainly aimed at changing websites which had the apparences of serious medical website or which targetting young people (looking like buzzfeed etc) but hid a negative (or religious) opinion abortions and therefore wasn't honest about its goal, gave partial and biais information and tried to "tricked" vulnerable (and young) women. Sorry if it is not clear, it's not easy to explain espacially in english. :)

Starting a Last Week Tonight video is often an equal mix of anxiousness, excitement, and apprehension. “I know this’ll be funny and informative, but it’ll also likely be horrifying to be made aware of this week’s topic”

10:11 “She stays on that table until we… until she decides she wants the baby” Nearly slipped up and said “until we convince her she wants the baby.” Close call there, Gertrude…

Maybe, just maybe, if you have to completely lie about the purpose of your business and actively try and trick people into going to you to get business, maybe you're the bad guy in this scenario

Yeah I'm still getting over a cold, and the other day I coughed up a few fingers.

Thumbs up for calling pro-lifers "force birthers' since that's what they really are.

So what I am getting from this is prank call CPCs and waist their time. Good plan?

"Women are meant to protect and guard and die for their babies." *Casey Anthony has entered the chat*

Im just happy to see the Pastor Johnny O give out condoms, pregnancy advice and fish facts.

These are really insidious, I've seen a lot of billboards around my area that advertise clinics like these. One is literally called I Choice, I'm not even kidding I would say the irony is palpable if it was ironic and not an intentional fucking lie. Thanks for shining a light on these shady shitty places, John.

It's not just "don't want to be a mother" - althought that's totally valid - but you could loose your job because of being pregnant or because of maternal leave. And having a child you love in the US ist even worse because of all the things that could happen to your child. For me it seems that the USA are more like the Wild West than a peaceful place to raise children.

This has just come up on season 4 of the handmaid's tale.

Instead of parking outside an abortion clinic, they should park outside a CPC and tell women exactly what they're about to walk into

Im livid right now. I was tricked into thinking one of these places was the "exam center" for the first part of an abortion. And by tricked I mean lied to and told it was the law and we had to see them.

The worst part (IMO) is that all this pressure, responsibility, and restriction is placed on the women. If you're a man, not only can you not get pregnant, you don't have nearly as much responsibility, and if you want birth control i.e. condoms or a vasectomy, it's WAAYYYY easier to obtain than female birth control. A friend of mine went through four doctors before she found one that would get her tubes tied. My boyfriend got one on the first try. Condoms are extremely accessible. Shots or implants aren't easy to get and take time, and without PP it can be difficult for women to get regular pills, let alone a Plan-B type morning after thing. Everybody else has said this, but if males could get pregnant then BC pills would be as common as vitamins or Juul pens, and with just as many flavors.

I was a victim of one of these centers. Only there to make you feel bad, they ask on the papers they give you if you are religious and what religion you are and then they stick you in a room with a 'therapist' and use the religion against you, and if you tell them you aren't really religious, their first question is "who in your family is? And do you think they would appreciate this?". It was horrific and terrifying. The doctor that sent me there, whom I trusted, also used religion, HER religion against me too. They are just...terrible. Taking advantage of young people in a vulnerable state. Add: the 'free ultrasound' is also a thing. They use that and the 'heartbeat' thing is soon manipulative! Ugh this is so triggering