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| Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) |
The "Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation Act," otherwise known as the "SAD Act," would "direct the Federal Trade
Commission to prescribe rules prohibiting disinformation in the advertising
of abortion services, and for other purposes."
The SAD Act directs the FTC to create rules prohibiting pro-life pregnancy
centers from "advertising with the use of misleading statements related to
the provision of abortion services." If this bill passes, bureaucrats
working for the Biden administration would be able to define "misleading
statements."
In addition to other penalties, pregnancy centers that violate any FTC rules
created by this law would be ordered to pay a hefty fine. This fine
would either be $100,000 or 50% of the revenues earned over the past 12
months (whichever is larger). Most pro-life pregnancy centers are charitable
organizations that offer their services for free. They rely on donations
from pro-life advocates to do their work.
"We need to shut them down." Sen. Warren on Pregnancy Resource Centers.
— Family Research Council (@FRCdc) July 12, 2022
Leftist logic: Because PRCs don't kill unborn babies, they should no longer provide community medical care, parenting classes, help w/ financial programs, serve trafficking victims, housing, counseling, etc. pic.twitter.com/lBwxrmEHbd
Sen. Warren
tweeted
on June 27, “With Roe gone, it’s more important than ever to crack down on
so-called ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ that mislead and deceive patients seeking
abortion care.” The text of her bill also describes pro-life pregnancy centers
as “anti-abortion organizations that present themselves as comprehensive
reproductive health care providers with the intent of discouraging pregnant
people from having abortions.”
Pro-life pregnancy centers aim to provide resources and alternatives for
families to raise children rather than abort them. This legislation primarily
seeks to punish charities that abortion clinics see as competition.
