Even as it advertises “free pregnancy services” and promises in signs on its door and inside to discuss all options with pregnant women, Informed Choices exists to steer women away from abortion. That law has led to a Supreme Court fight at the intersection of abortion and free speech. Estimates of the number of crisis pregnancy centres run from 2,500 to more than 4,000, compared with fewer than 1,500 abortion providers, women’s rights groups said in a Supreme Court filing. Vatuone said it’s a myth that “every girl we see is a 16-year-old in a crisis pregnancy. In others, crisis pregnancy centres missed serious health complications, including an ectopic pregnancy in which a fertilized egg attaches itself somewhere other than in a woman’s uterus.

Source: National Post March 16, 2018 05:26 UTC