Policymakers should implement increased regulation of nonprofit pregnancy centers, which may offer harmful or unsafe treatments or spread misinformation, according to researchers.
As of March, Texas, California and Florida have a combined total of over 350 crisis pregnancy centers, which are nonmedical centers that provide alternatives to abortion. Of the 1,600 fully indexed crisis pregnancy center webpages reviewed by the researchers, most offered ultrasonography, approximately half offered STI testing and 30.4% offered abortion pill reversal.
“While crisis pregnancy centers provide some