Fake Clinics Exposed Rochester NY

CPCs are anti-abortion counseling centers with an agenda. They often use advertisements to trick pregnant people into making an appointment, promising free ultrasounds or free pregnancy tests with the goal of pressuring people to carry a pregnancy to term. Their goal is to dissuade individuals from exercising their right to choose. Many CPCs intentionally misinform and mislead those seeking pregnancy-related information. Once inside, people are often lied to, shamed, and pressured about their reproductive health decisions, potentially delaying and increasing the cost of their procedure or pushing them past a deadline for legal abortion altogether. Below are some things that will help you identify these fake clinics.

• Crisis Pregnancy Centers can also go by the name “Pregnancy Resource Center.”
• The ad or flier for a clinic emphasizes how scary pregnancy can be.
• The center offers free ultrasounds and pregnancy tests. The clinic does not provide extended OB/GYN or pre-natal care, birth control prescription or devices, or fertility testing.
• The website offers abortion “information” but nothing on actual abortion services.
• You call to ask about abortion and they refuse to answer your questions over the phone.
• The center cancels or reschedules appointments, hoping to push people past the legal time limit for an abortion.
• Look for coded anti-choice language and perspective on their website, including referring to an embryo as “a human being in early stages of development” and an emphasis on “abortion recovery.”
• The clinic’s website or staff refuse to offer referral for actual abortion providers.
• The clinic may provide material aid such as diapers, baby clothes, baby wipes, formula or food on a limited basis and in exchange for attending classes that will use false information about abortion to mislead individuals looking for unbiased healthcare.
• Occasionally, they will offer up a dead giveaway on their website or in their literature, like this disclosure: We do not offer, recommend or refer for abortions or abortifacients, but are committed to offering accurate information about abortion procedures and risks.
• Here are some other key phrases to watch out for:
  • Pregnancy counseling
  • Abortion information
  • Pre-termination evaluations
  • Power to choose
  • Life-affirming