{"id":402742,"date":"2019-04-09T01:22:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T00:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/connecticut-lawmakers-may-bar-anti-choice-clinics-from-lying-to-pregnant-people\/"},"modified":"2019-04-09T01:22:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T00:22:55","slug":"connecticut-lawmakers-may-bar-anti-choice-clinics-from-lying-to-pregnant-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/connecticut-lawmakers-may-bar-anti-choice-clinics-from-lying-to-pregnant-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut Lawmakers May Bar Anti-Choice Clinics From Lying to Pregnant People"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span>Connecticut legislators advanced a bill that would curb deceptive advertising by the state\u2019s anti-choice pregnancy centers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cga.ct.gov\/asp\/cgabillstatus\/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&amp;bill_num=HB07070&amp;which_year=2019\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\"><span>The legislation<\/span><\/a><span>, known as An Act Concerning Deceptive Marketing Practices of Limited Service Pregnancy Centers, passed the Public Health Committee on March 29. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/rewire.news\/article\/2018\/07\/03\/supreme-court-sided-fake-clinics-california-fallout-spread-nationwide\/\">ruled<\/a> last year that a California effort to regulate anti-choice clinics, commonly known as crisis pregnancy centers, was unconstitutional, though the Connecticut legislation isn\u2019t nearly as far reaching. The Connecticut bill would ban advertising \u201cany statement concerning any pregnancy-related service \u2026 that is false, misleading or deceptive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"truth-post-content-high  inline-callout-container\" id=\"truth-577301356\">\n<div class=\"truth-post-content-high\" id=\"truth-1887639364\">\n<aside class=\" callout inline-callout callout--subscribe callout--dark\" id=\"truth-871814370\">\n<h2>The stories you care about, right at your fingertips<\/h2>\n<p>Get Truthout\u2019s daily edition delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Reproductive rights advocates expect Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D), a<span> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courant.com\/politics\/hc-pol-abortion-connecticut-20190101-weuyiv34ibhffh5en57tzt4ygm-story.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\">strong proponent<\/a><span> <\/span>of abortion rights, to sign the bill if it clears the Democratic-held legislature. Around 25 anti-choice pregnancy centers operate in Connecticut, which has only 18 licensed family planning clinics, according NARAL Pro-Choice Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m really excited about the momentum we have for this,\u201d Sarah Croucher, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Connecticut, told <i>Rewire.News<\/i><\/span><span>. \u201cWe found that we have pro-choice Republicans in Connecticut who understand that the centers are a problem in the way they present themselves to people. So we are excited about this moving forward with strong political support, including some bipartisan support, and we are excited that Connecticut can set policy for the nation on this issue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Croucher testified in favor of the bill, which is aimed at limited service<\/span><span> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rewire.news\/legislative-tracker\/law-topic\/crisis-pregnancy-centers\/\"><span>pregnancy centers (CPCs)<\/span><\/a><span> that use deceptive practices, like appearing to offer unbiased counseling and abortion services when they do not. <\/span><span>Cases like this often pit right-to-know health-care advocates against anti-choice activists who claim free speech. This measure is modeled after San Francisco\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rewire.news\/article\/2017\/06\/27\/court-cpcs-san-francisco-have-tell-truth\/\"><span>2011&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/connecticut-lawmakers-may-bar-anti-choice-clinics-from-lying-to-pregnant-people\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connecticut legislators advanced a bill that would curb deceptive advertising by the state\u2019s anti-choice pregnancy centers. The legislation, known as An Act Concerning Deceptive Marketing Practices of Limited Service Pregnancy Centers, passed the Public Health Committee on March 29. Conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that a California effort to regulate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-402742","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}