Abortion Advocates, Pa Dems Look to Reduce Funding for Crisis Pregnancy Centers
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Erie News Now) — Tuesday, funding for the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) was the topic of the latest House Appropriations Committee budget hearing. A few hours before the hearing, DHS funding for “crisis pregnancy centers,” was the topic for a call to action by abortion advocates and Democratic lawmakers.
“Crisis pregnancy centers are anti-abortion organizations that seek to target low-income people experiencing unintended pregnancies to prevent their access to contraception and abortion,” said Tara Murtha, Director of Strategic Communications at Women’s Law Project. “The maternal health crisis that we’re in was wholly manufactured by poor policy choices, and they need to be reversed,” she added.
Advocates for abortion access say the centers intentionally work to discourage abortions. Murtha says the state needs to reconsider its funding for them.
“We’re here to call on the Shapiro administration to stop financing anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers with public funds, and particularly with public funds called TANF, which are safety net funds intended to be cash assistance for Pennsylvanians in poverty,” said Murtha. “It’s a poor investment of funds to use public dollars to fund a crisis pregnancy centers scheme that disseminates widespread false medical claims and functions as a barrier to legitimate health care,” she added.
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