Pro-abortion groups are apoplectic over a so-called "undercover video" by NARAL-Pro-Choice America which purportedly exposes crisis pregnancy center personnel giving pregnant women all kinds of false information. The only problem is that this alleged "false information" turns out to be all the facts the abortion industry refuses to reveal to women!
According to the Huffington Post, NARAL sent undercover women into several crisis pregnancy centers throughout Virginia and recorded their interactions.
"The investigation revealed that 71 percent of the CPCs in Virginia give out medically inaccurate information about the health consequences and effectiveness of birth control, condoms and abortion," the Post reports.
Here's some of the "medically inaccurate" information allegedly given out by the CPC workers.
1. Condoms don't actually prevent STD's
The CPC counselor was correct. According to the World Health Organization, which conducted an analysis of scientific evidence on the effectiveness of condoms in preventing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), it concluded that evidence for the effectiveness of STDs was considered to be "insufficient."
2. Condoms are not effective in preventing pregnancy.
Once again, the CPC counselor is correct, at least according to the CDC, which found that "typical" use of condoms results in a failure rate of 18 percent.
3. Condoms don't work because they're too porous.
Correct again! This study of viral particle leakage through condoms was conducted by the Food and Drug Administration and found that it does indeed occur.
NARAL investigators must not have been aware of the recall of 1.4 million condoms which occurred in March, 2013, due to the product being "porous" and "prone to leakage and breaking, putting users at risk of STDs and pregnancy."
4. The first three ingredients in the birth control pill are carcinogens.
Right again! The estrogen-progesterone combination contained in the pill was declared a Class 1 carcinogen by the World Health Organization in 2005. All Class 1 carcinogens have been found to cause cancer in both lab and human studies. This means the ingredients in the pill are now listed in the same category as arsenic, asbestos, radium and tobacco smoke. This is also why the CPC counselor gave such a long list of symptoms attributed to the pill, such as hair loss, memory loss, headaches, weight gain, fatal blood clots and breast cancer.
5. Abortion causes long-term psychological damage and leads women to develop eating disorders and drug addictions.
The abortion industry and its cohorts (aka the mainstream media and medical associations that promote and profit from abortion) have been almost as desperate to hide the evidence of the link between abortion and psychological problems in women as they are to hide the link between abortion and breast cancer. This article gives a summary of research conducted by scientists who are not affiliated with the abortion industry which shows that there is more than enough evidence to warrant the mention of this danger to women at the time of counseling.
6. Abortion could cause her body to create antibodies that would attack her fetus the next time she tried to get pregnant.
What the counselor was referring to here is the RH factor, which is a type of protein found on red blood cells. Most of us have this protein and are considered to be RH positive, but some of us do not and are considered RH negative. According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, when RH negative blood comes in contact with RH positive blood (as can be the case during pregnancy), the RH negative person begins to produce antibodies to fight the RH factor. These antibodies do not go away once formed. If an RH negative mother is carrying an RH positive child, this condition can break down the child's red blood cells causing anemia, brain damage, or even death.
Dolores Wisecarver, director of a CPC known as A Woman's Choice in Falls Church, Va., was perfectly up-front when confronted by NARAL about what pregnancy centers do.
"We do promote chastity in women that are not married, and natural family planning. The reason we promote that is that not because the pope says it's a bad thing. We feel that a woman's fertility is a normal thing -- you have to take meds when you're sick, not when you're healthy, and all medication has side effects. I took birth control for years didn't know how sick it was making me until I stopped."
In response, Tarina Keene, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia, responded with the usual unfounded hysteria.
"This shocking audio exposes Virginia CPCs for what they are: anti-choice field offices designed to mislead, shame, and lie to women during one of the most vulnerable times of their lives," Keene said. "Regardless of your stance on abortion, we can all agree that anyone seeking health care services and advice should receive comprehensive, non-judgmental, and factually accurate information."
Ms. Keene would be doing women a true service if she took her own advice rather than repeating abortion industry talking points. There's no excuse for being this much in the dark about facts so important to women's health.
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