{"id":1531976,"date":"2022-06-29T08:04:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T12:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1531976"},"modified":"2022-06-29T08:04:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T12:04:55","slug":"post-dobbs-corporate-media-rushes-to-smear-free-maternal-care-centers-that-dont-provide-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/post-dobbs-corporate-media-rushes-to-smear-free-maternal-care-centers-that-dont-provide-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Dobbs, Corporate Media Rushes To Smear Free Maternal Care Centers That Don\u2019t Provide Abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpost-dobbs-corporate-media-rushes-to-smear-free-maternal-care-centers-that-dont-provide-abortion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1531976&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Following the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson, which overruled Roe v. Wade, crisis pregnancy centers have been cast in a negative light by corporate media framing the centers as \u201cfake abortion clinics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The day Dobbs was released, two McClatchey news sites \u2014 Georgia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ledger-enquirer.com\/news\/local\/article262828653.html\">Ledger-Enquirer<\/a> and Mississippi\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunherald.com\/news\/local\/article262826093.html\">SunHerald<\/a> \u2014 ran similar articles by Mona Moore on \u201cAnti-Abortion \u2018Fake Clinics.&#8217;\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJackson Women\u2019s Health Organization is the state\u2019s only abortion provider, but Mississippi has two \u201cfake\u201d abortion clinics \u2014 one in McComb and one in Bay St. Louis,\u201d Moore wrote in the SunHerald. \u201cAccording to Planned Parenthood, fake clinics (often called crisis pregnancy centers) look like health centers but have a hidden agenda. The anti-abortion centers advertise free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds and counseling, but do not include abortion as an option.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The same day, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kivitv.com\/news\/roe-v-wade-overturned-what-to-know-and-how-to-spot-anti-abortion-fake-clinics-in-idaho\">article<\/a> on \u201cfake clinics\u201d by Izaak Anderson ran in Idaho News 6. \u201cAccording to the National Library of Medicine, \u201cfake abortion clinics\u201d or \u201cfake clinics\u201d are businesses that advertise similar services to abortion clinics, but instead talk those who are pregnant through options to discourage them from having an abortion,\u201d Andersen wrote. \u201cAlso known as crisis pregnancy centers, these businesses advertise similar to an abortion clinic. Instead, they don\u2019t provide abortions or offer a full range of health care for pregnant people or planning to get an abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Lewiston Tribune in Idaho also published a similar <a href=\"https:\/\/lmtribune.com\/northwest\/anti-abortion-fake-clinics-exist-throughout-idaho\/article_77d640de-9bb7-5830-bf42-f9c55ede22cc.html\">article<\/a> the day Dobbs came out. In it, Shaun Goodwin wrote, \u201cA \u2018fake clinic,\u2019 also known as a crisis pregnancy center, is a clinic that advertises services similar to an abortion clinic, but with a different agenda. Instead of performing abortion services, the staff talks women through their options but ultimately attempts to discourage them from having an abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All four articles list signs from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/blog\/what-are-crisis-pregnancy-centers\">Planned Parenthood\u2019s website<\/a> that a clinic may be \u201cfake.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>On Monday, NBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/kevin-tober\/2022\/06\/27\/program-make-republicans-feel-good-nbc-smears-pro-life-clinics\">ran a segment<\/a> in which former Texas Republican state Rep. Sarah Davis called the state\u2019s Alternatives to Abortion program \u201ca program to make Republicans feel good like they\u2019re doing something to help women\u201d and said it didn\u2019t help women. Davis and Texas Democratic state Rep. Donna Howard agreed that \u201cin some instances they are actually committing fraud.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>This is a ridiculous line of argument, considering that the vast majority of health-care establishments also do not perform abortions. Hospitals, doctor\u2019s offices, and other completely legitimate and fully licensed health-care entities provide a great variety of care without also performing abortions. It\u2019s not nefarious.<\/p>\n<p>According to Scott Whitlock, research director for Newsbusters.org at The Media Research Center, negative coverage of crisis pregnancy centers following Dobbs is strategic. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main way that the networks respond to crisis pregnancy center is to ignore them,\u201d Whitlock said in an email to The Federalist. \u201cThe only reason we\u2019re seeing coverage now is because of Dobbs. Journalists have to discredit crisis pregnancy centers so they can push this myth that conservatives want to abandon mothers in need now that Roe is overturned.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Olivia Hajicek is an intern at The Federalist and a junior at Hillsdale College studying history and journalism. She has covered campus and city news as a reporter for The Hillsdale Collegian. You can reach her at olivia.hajicek@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson, which overruled Roe v. 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