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Google Is (Still) Directing People to Misleading Anti-Abortion Centers // Gizmodo
Because they’re not actual health clinics, Underwood says they also represent a major privacy concern. “Anti-abortion centers are able to obtain private medical information...but they aren’t actually bound by medical privacy laws” like HIPAA, she said.
New Report Reveals Six 'Sinister' Tactics of Extremist Anti-Abortion Centers// Ms. Magazine
“The anti-abortion center network has developed, deployed and replicated an aggressive scheme of sinister tactics targeting people looking for abortion care and instead drive them to their centers,” said Equity Forward director Molly Bangs.
Attorneys for Equity Forward, Real Alternatives make their arguments in court over open records// Pennsylvania-Capital Star
In her opening statement, Mutchler argued that Equity Forward is seeking greater transparency from Real Alternatives, a state contractor, to better understand how Pennsylvania taxpayer dollars are being spent by the entity.
Court case could impact transparency, public scrutiny of certain organizations that get state funding // 90.5 WESA
Miller explains that Equity Forward is seeking documentation to find out how state funds provided to Real Alternatives is being spent and if it’s leaving the state. She reports that Equity Forward is looking to review “secondary agreements between Real Alternatives and its service provider...
Court date set for watchdog group, anti-abortion group in years-long battle for records // Penn Capital-Star
While documents shed some light on Real Alternatives’ operations, Equity Forward is continuing its legal battle with the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, the state entity which oversees Real Alternatives, appealing a prior court decision to block Equity Forward from reviewing secondary...
Anti-abortion movement's big plan: Supercharged "crisis pregnancy centers" and data harvesting | Salon.com
Molly Bangs, director of the reproductive rights group Equity Forward, says that as anti-abortion state politicians replicate "Alternatives to Abortion" initiatives across the country, "we are repeatedly and widely seeing the most concerning aspects of these programs." Chief among those concerns...
Millions in tax dollars flow to anti-abortion centers in US | AP News
The Campaign for Accountability, a Washington-based watchdog organization, has launched multiple complaints against Real Alternatives, including allegations that the group failed to meet its own goals and misspent taxpayer money.
Public Funding Is Pouring Into Texas’ Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers While Abortion Access Hangs in the Balance
“Texas stands as the national leader of diverting these resources—meant to help low-income people—to centers that are designed to deceive,” said Molly Bangs, Equity Forward’s director. “And to add insult to injury, we know that CPCs often target low-income individuals—folks that TANF dollars are...
Public Funding Is Pouring Into Texas' Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers While Abortion Access Hangs in the Balance – Mother Jones
Of the 10 states across the US funneling TANF funds to A2A programs, Texas is categorized as “the largest offender,” allocating the highest amount, a 2021 report from Equity Forward, a reproductive rights-focused research group, found.
Experts Say Crisis Pregnancy Centers Could Spy On And Report Women Seeking An Abortion
‘Alternatives to abortion’ programs have ballooned over recent years into these multimillion-dollar enterprises that are funded in some cases almost exclusively with tax dollars,” said Molly Bangs, director of Equity Forward.