Comparing Website Identification for Crisis Pregnancy Centers and Abortion Clinics

Swartz, Jonas J.; Rowe, Carly; Truong, Tracy; Bryant, Amy G.; Morse, Jessica E.; Stuart, Gretchen S.

doi:10.1016/j.whi.2021.06.001

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“…While CPCs are more prevalent than abortion clinics, only 60% of respondents among a national, representative sample of reproductive-aged women knew of their existence. 10 , 21 Many CPCs appear in internet searches for abortion, which adds to patient confusion regarding what types of services and counseling they will be provided if they present to one of these facilities. 22 Websites of CPCs can be difficult to differentiate from those of abortion clinics, and lacking prior awareness of the existence of CPCs and low health literacy are risk factors for misidentification.…”

Section: Lack Of Patient Awareness About Cpcs and Risk Of Deceptionmentioning

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“… 22 Websites of CPCs can be difficult to differentiate from those of abortion clinics, and lacking prior awareness of the existence of CPCs and low health literacy are risk factors for misidentification. 21 While one study found that most women who sought care at a CPC “generally recognized the CPC was antiabortion, ideologically Christian, and not a medical establishment,” the potential for confusion and deception is high. 23 Furthermore, CPCs intentionally use scientific language while making false claims directly contradicted by research and medical guidelines, furthering intentional deception.…”

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The Problems with Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Reviewing the Literature and Identifying New Directions for Future Research

Montoya¹,

Judge-Golden²,

Swartz³

2022

IJWH

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Section: Lack Of Patient Awareness About Cpcs and Risk Of Deceptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Lack Of Patient Awareness About Cpcs and Risk Of Deceptionmentioning

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The Problems with Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Reviewing the Literature and Identifying New Directions for Future Research

Montoya¹,

Judge-Golden²,

Swartz³

2022

IJWH

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“…This often incites confusion amongst individuals seeking abortion care. A cross-sectional survey of approximately 1000 women found that 85% of participants failed to correctly identify at least one crisis pregnancy center after being presented with multiple crisis pregnancy center websites [28 ▪ ]. The inability to correctly identify a crisis pregnancy center was found to be associated with a low health literacy score.…”

Section: Barriers To Timely and Adequate Pregnancy Options Counselingmentioning

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Pregnancy options counseling

Owens¹,

Shorter²

2022

Current Opinion in Obstetrics &Amp; Gynecology

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Purpose of ReviewThis article reviews key aspects of pregnancy options counseling, and highlights how inappropriate counseling can create barriers to timely and safe abortion care.Recent FindingsAccess to safe abortion services in the United States is increasingly constrained. One way to combat this hostile environment is to ensure that individuals presenting for care early in pregnancy have access to comprehensive and unbiased pregnancy options counseling. There are unfortunately many barriers to individuals receiving adequate pregnancy options counseling, and marginalized groups experience disproportionate effects of inappropriate counseling. Research shows that individuals desire appropriate pregnancy options counseling when seeking early pregnancy care, and that providers often serve as a barrier to this care. Provider miseducation and opposition to pregnancy options counseling, particularly as it concerns abortion care, creates challenges and delays for people seeking abortion services. Crisis Pregnancy Centers use misinformation to further these barriers to appropriate care.SummaryNondirective and patient-centered pregnancy options counseling is standard of care. People seeking pregnancy options counseling desire and deserve comprehensive and accurate information. Providers must not serve as barriers to safe and appropriate care. Increasing nondirective pregnancy options counseling research, education, and training is crucial to ensuring access to safe and appropriate abortion care.

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“…Nationally, pregnancy centers outnumber clinics that provide abortions by an estimated 3 to 1 (Swartzendruber and Lambert 2020), and new research estimates that approximately 13% of women visit a center during their pregnancy (Cartwright, Tumlinson, and Upadhyay 2021; Rice et al 2021). Still, most Americans would not be able to pick out a center from a lineup that included reproductive health clinics and abortion facilities (Swartz et al 2021). While many centers receive support from private donors and nonsecular sources, some receive state and federal funding, including Title X family planning funds (Guttmacher Institute 2022; Wormer 2021).…”

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“It Wasn’t Very Public-Clinicy”: Client Experiences at Faith-Based Pregnancy Centers

Hutchens

2023

J Health Soc Behav

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Faith-based pregnancy centers strive to offer “alternatives to abortion” that supporters claim aid women and critics assert manipulate pregnant people, stigmatize abortion, and potentially delay clients from obtaining medical care. However, scholars know little about the exchanges within appointments and how clients make sense of these experiences. Drawing on ethnographic observations of client appointments in two pregnancy centers in the West and 29 in-depth interviews with clients, this article uses an intersectional framework to analyze client experiences. Clients favorably compared centers to clinical health care providers, emphasizing the unexpectedly attentive emotional care they received. These evaluations stem from clients’ reproductive histories, which are shaped by gender, racism, and economic inequalities that configure their access to and interactions within the health system. Emotional care serves to create and maintain pregnancy centers’ impression of legitimacy among clients.

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Comparing Website Identification for Crisis Pregnancy Centers and Abortion Clinics

Cited by 5 publications

References 24 publications

The Problems with Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Reviewing the Literature and Identifying New Directions for Future Research

The Problems with Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Reviewing the Literature and Identifying New Directions for Future Research

Pregnancy options counseling

“It Wasn’t Very Public-Clinicy”: Client Experiences at Faith-Based Pregnancy Centers

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