Law would require pregnancy centers to post signs if they don't offer abortions

Excellent turn of things. I've heard about it happening all over the country, but I know for a fact that local "pregnancy crisis centers" up here open offices close to the Planned Parenthood ones and put misleading ads in papers and the phonebook to trick vulnerable women into having to listen to a religion-centric diatribe over abortion etc. Things these women are not looking to deal with.

Reporting from Baltimore - Crisis pregnancy centers that don't offer abortions or birth-control referrals would have to post notices saying they exclude those options under legislation approved Monday night by the Baltimore City Council.

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Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, a Democrat who sponsored the bill, called the vote a victory for women's well-being. She cited a study by an advocacy group indicating that women have been misled at pregnancy centers that provide counseling, clothing and food for expectant mothers -- but not abortions.

"It's a step toward making sure that women have the information they need to make the right decision for their health and their future," Rawlings-Blake said.

But those who oppose abortion say the bill unfairly targets centers that provide information and assistance to poor women.

"The thing that's most disappointing about it is not the particular signs that are put up or the particular bill itself, but the message that it sends," said Maryland Right to Life legislative director Jeffrey D. Meister. "This is the first time in the United States that any elected body has chosen to vote to condemn pregnancy centers."

No one's condemning your "centers" hon, just making it illegal for you to lie about them.