Abortion after Roe v Wade - the women lured to sham clinics
When Hana became pregnant, she knew she wanted an abortion - but her search for a clinic online led her to an anti-abortion centre, set on talking her out of her decision.
Getting an abortion in America just became much harder - a Supreme Court decision means states are free to ban or seriously restrict them. Hana - a 19-year-old living in the north-eastern US state of Massachusetts - knew she wanted an abortion but her search for a clinic on Google led her to an anti-abortion centre, set on talking her out of her decision. In many US states, 麻豆社 News has seen misleading websites advertising these clinics appearing high up in Google search results - and Facebook adverts with inaccurate medical advice - while genuine abortion providers are having their ads rejected and accounts restricted. Advice centres, such as the one visited by Hana, are often run by Christian organisations. They may offer some medical services such as pregnancy tests and ultrasounds - but some of their online promotion falsely suggests they also provide pregnancy-termination services.
It wasn't until Hana was walking down the centre's corridor, lined with posters comparing the procedure to murder, that it began to dawn on her this was not the abortion clinic she believed it to be. The Human Coalition, an anti-abortion group providing marketing for the centre and more than 40 others, told 麻豆社 News: "We find in our work, most abortion-determined women do not desire an abortion, they desire help. "We're here to empower women by filling that gap - connecting women to the care and support they want, to choose life."
For 5 Minutes On - Hana shares her story with Rachel Schraer, the 麻豆社鈥檚 health and disinformation reporter 鈥� who's been looking into these misleading pregnancy advice centres.
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