All posts tagged "Crisis Pregnancy Centers"

A North Carolina abortion rights group revealed Monday that most "crisis pregnancy centers" (CPC) in the state were misleading women about their health care options.

A hidden camera investigation of New York City crisis pregnancy centers found they gave out false medical information. One center told the undercover reporter that having an abortion could increase women's risk of developing breast cancer. Expectant Mother Care warned that doctors tricked women into having abortions and then sold the fetus.

Jill at IBTP posted on this billboard, and Lisa at Sociological Images picked it up, and what I found fascinating about Lisa's post is she didn't mentioned what these ads are for. Obviously, this is a crisis pregnancy center ad. You don't even have to look it up to see that it is. All these ads follow the same formula---young woman, looking down or away shamefacedly for her sluttiness, with language indicating that you, the reader who is in trouble, is scared and completely alone. Jill asks why it has to be this way.