Google Maps Often Including Pregnancy Crisis Centers In Abortion Search Results
The centers are designed to convince women not to have abortions. St. Juan Women’s Center Executive Director Christine Ibañez said that although her organization does not manipulate search results, she's heard that others have bought keywords from Google.
San Jose Mercury News:
Google Points Abortion-Seekers Toward Anti-Abortion Clinics
Women and girls using Google to find an abortion provider in the Bay Area may end up in the hands of an anti-abortion operation that doesn’t terminate pregnancies and instead pushes clients to give birth. ...The serving up of anti-abortion results that are opposite to the actual goal of the search is most pronounced when a user goes to Google Maps after searching for an abortion provider. (Baron, 2/12)