The Public Health Risks of Crisis Pregnancy Centers

• Published in: Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 201 - 205
• Main Author: Rosen, Joanne D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.09.2012; Guttmacher Institute and Wiley Subscription Services; Blackwell Publishers Inc
• Subjects: Abortion; Abortion Applicants; Adolescent; Antenatal; Birth control; Communication; Counseling - statistics & numerical data; Deception; Female; Government crises; Health care access; Humans; Medical practice; Misinformation; Pregnancy; Pregnancy tests; Public Health; Reproductive health; Risk Assessment; United States; VIEWPOINT; Women; Women's Health Services - statistics & numerical data; Women's issues; Womens health; Womens health services; Young Adult; United States
• ISSN: 1538-6341; 1931-2393
• DOI: 10.1363/4420112

Here, Rosen outlines what she sees as the public health risks created by crisis pregnancy centers--"organizations that provide counseling and other prenatal services from an antiabortion (prolife) perspective." By giving women inaccurate or misleading information about abortion and its potential negative consequences, she contends, they impede women's access to abortion, improperly influence women's reproductive health decision-making and contribute to unwanted childbearing. She lays out a number of legal and educational efforts that she believes could help reduce the harmful impact of these centers.