Oakland Considers False Advertising Ban Targeting Anti-Abortion Clinics
Officials are particularly concerned with the pregnancy centers buying search ads for terms like “abortion” or “pregnancy test” so links for their clinics will appear on users’ screens when they enter searches for those terms. Their websites often say they offer “abortion information” or “counseling for women seeking abortion.”
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Oakland Seeks To Ban False Advertising By Anti-Abortion Clinics
Oakland officials are considering an ordinance that would allow the city to fine pregnancy centers that claim to offer abortion services, but do not. Officials say some anti-abortion groups’ internet advertising and mass transit billboards are misleading, and intended to lure pregnant women in for counseling against abortion. (Dembosky, 6/28)
In other news, the Los Angeles Times reports on the repercussions of the Supreme Court Texas ruling —
Los Angeles Times:
Expect A State-By-State Rollback Of Abortion Restrictions, Advocates Say
Texas abortion clinics at risk of being closed by a restrictive state law will remain open, and some of those shuttered probably will be able to reopen in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling Monday that could block similar laws in other states across the so-called “abortion desert” of the South and Midwest. Supporters of abortion rights said they now expected a steady state-by-state rollback of laws that restrict the ability to get an abortion, erasing gains that opponents have notched in recent years. (Hennessy-Fiske, 6/28)