Abortion supporters claim that pregnancy care centers are deceiving and intimidating women so they will not get abortions.   What are these claimed deceptions?  They tell women that abortion may adversely affect their ability to have future children, may have serious psychological impacts, and could make them more prone to breast cancer.  Of course, since many studies exist that establish all these conditions as risk factors of abortion, pregnancy care centers are not really being deceptive by sharing those risks. However, since abortion supporters claim these conditions do not exist, they are really doing the deceiving. 

But it gets much worse!  How about the recent revelations from a large New Jersey abortion provider?  The health department found serious unsterile conditions for a place that conducts surgical procedures.  Unfortunately, Metropolitan Medical Associates passed a second follow-up inspection and was allowed to reopen.  Their attorney, Frank Capece, tried to assure New Jersey residents that the abortion center is now safe.  "Any patient who goes to the clinic can now go with a high degree of confidence that the facility meets an exceptionally high standard for patient care.  We passed the most rigorous state inspection possible," he said. 

Isn’t that reassuring?  Why did it take a rigorous state inspection to get them to perform medical procedures in a sterile manner?   How long will it be before they return to business as usual?  How many abortionists in Chicago area allow similar unsterile practices?  Who would consider these to be safe abortions?

Of course, beyond the deception that they provide safe abortions, the other deception, even flying in the face of modern ultrasound, is the claim that “it is just a blob of tissue, not a baby.”  They still tell young girls this lie even when they are using ultrasound to help speed up the abortion.  

If a woman sees an ultrasound picture of her baby and chooses not to have an abortion, isn't she making an informed decision not to have the abortion?  Eight states have now passed laws requiring abortionists to offer the option to view the ultrasound.  This option is intended to overcome prevalent denial of the development of the baby in utero. 

Has anyone ever interviewed women who feel they were deceived by abortion providers?   These women are much more numerous than women who feel they were misled by pregnancy care centers.  The Silent No More Awareness organization is just one example of the many women who are speaking out about the deception of abortion providers.   The evidence is overwhelming that abortion providers are the real source of deception, not pregnancy care centers.