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Action Alert: Help Protect A Pregnant Woman's Choice in Connecticut

Posted on May 03, 2021 in: News, ProLife

Action Alert: Help Protect A Pregnant Woman's Choice in Connecticut

ACTION ALERT

The State Senate will soon be Voting on Legislation Detrimental to Pro-life Pregnancy Resource Centers in Connecticut

Please send an email to your state Senator urging them to vote "NO" on this legislation. Please do so today.

If you already emailed them earlier in the session, please do it again to remind them of your position

     Urge your Senator to Vote "NO" on S.B. 835 "An Act Concerning Deceptive Advertising Practices of Limited Services Pregnancy Centers". Click on the link below or at the end of this action alert to send them an email. You may edit the pre-written email with your own comments.

 Click here to send an email to your state Senator.

   S.B. 835 is based on completely inaccurate and misleading information about pregnancy resource centers in our state and is part of a national campaign to discredit the work that these centers perform. This legislation is not actually driven by concerns over false and misleading advertising, but by an ideological conflict between pregnancy resource centers, that do not provide abortion services, and centers that do provide or refer for abortions. The word "abortion" is the linchpin in determining who is covered by this proposed legislation and who is not.

  Proof of this statement can be found in Section 1(7) where "limited services pregnancy center" is defined as centers that do not provide referrals for abortions or emergency contraception. This automatically excludes any center, such as Planned Parenthood centers, from being covered by this proposed legislation because they perform or refer for abortions. If any pregnancy care center in Connecticut added abortion referrals to its list of services it to would no longer be covered by this proposed legislation.  

Other major flaws in S.B. 835:

  1. What constitutes deceptive advertising under the proposed legislation is not defined and open to interpretation. The legislation leaves what constitutes deceptive advertising open to broad interpretation. Proponents of the legislation have stated they believe even a sign that says "Pregnant, Need Help, Call... " is deceptive advertising because pro-life pregnancy care centers that use that phrase do not offer abortions.
  2. The proposed legislation gives the Attorney General excessive power to take legal action against pregnancy care centers. Who determines what is deceptive advertising under the law? The Attorney General. Does there have to be a complaint filed by a prospective client? No, the Attorney General can act on his own or at the encouragement of pro-abortion advocacy groups, such as NARAL.

Please oppose S.B. 835 - Help preserve a true choice for women facing an unplanned pregnancy in Connecticut.

 Click here to send an email to your state Senator NOW.

 

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