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By: Moira Gleason, originally published March 27, 2025, The Daily Signal<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republican lawmakers announced a bill Monday to prohibit federal and state governments from discriminating against\u00a0pro-life pregnancy resource centers<\/a>\u00a0by requiring them to perform or encourage abortions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Let Pregnancy Care Centers Serve Act, co-sponsored by\u00a0Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J.<\/a>, and four of his Republican colleagues, would amend the Public Health Service Act to \u201cprohibit discrimination against entities that do not participate in abortion and to strengthen implementation and enforcement of federal conscience laws.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the legislation, the federal government and entities receiving federal funds may not require pregnancy care centers to perform abortions, refer a person for abortion, or counsel in favor of abortion. The act also prohibits requiring a center to advertise abortion services available elsewhere.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pregnancy care centers protected under the act are nonprofit,\u00a0generally pro-life<\/a>, organizations that provide free support and resources to pregnant women and young couples. Services these centers offer include pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, sexually transmitted disease and sexually transmitted infection tests, prenatal educational programs, after-abortion support, emotional support, and more. Pro-life pregnancy care centers do not offer abortions or refer patients for abortions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are more than 2,700 pregnancy care centers throughout the United States\u2014each and every one of them an oasis of love, compassion, empathy, respect, and quality care for both mothers and their precious children,\u201d Smith, co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, said Monday. \u201cYet state governments like my state of New Jersey and some lawmakers seek to discriminate against pregnancy care centers by violating fundamental conscience rights to compel complicity in abortion.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This comes after\u00a0New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin<\/a>\u00a0faced a GOP-backed impeachment effort in February in part for allegedly using his office to target faith-based, pro-life pregnancy resource centers in the state by subpoenaing the names of their staffs and donors.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pregnancy resource centers have also suffered vandalism and faced hurdles to funding across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLiberal states and the former Biden administration attempted to unconstitutionally restrict [Temporary Assistance for Needy Families] funds from supporting pro-life pregnancy centers, hindering their ability to assist pregnant mothers and their unborn babies,\u201d Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Let Pregnancy Centers Serve Act ensures pregnancy resource centers and pro-life centers are not discriminated against and are able to carry out their services,\u201d she said, \u201cincluding providing emotional support, access to prenatal and pregnancy care, and supplies to expecting mothers. We must ensure women have access to the resources pregnancy centers provide, empowering them to choose life.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pro-life groups and pregnancy resource centers in New Jersey and\u00a0New York<\/a>\u00a0applauded the legislation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur pregnancy centers provide essential services at absolutely no cost to individuals throughout our community,\u201d the New Jersey Association of Pregnancy Centers said in a statement. \u201cWomen who make the courageous choice to carry their pregnancy to term deserve support, compassionate care, and unwavering assistance throughout their journey.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a report from the Charlotte Lozier Institute, 808,737 clients received free goods and services worth at least $367 million at pregnancy care centers in the year 2022. Over five years, the lives of more than 828,139 unborn babies were saved through the work of the centers, according to another report from Lozier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLiberal states, like New York, have a long history of harming needy families\u2014specifically women facing unplanned pregnancy\u2014by discriminating against pro-life pregnancy centers simply because we refuse to provide or refer for abortion,\u201d said the Rev. Jim Harden, CEO of CompassCare, a New York network of pregnancy care centers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abortion provider Planned Parenthood received $699.3 million in federal funding during the 2022-2023 fiscal year, according to its annual report. Most, if not all, pro-life pregnancy centers don\u2019t receive federal funding.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDespite not having access to federal funding,\u201d Harden said, \u201cpregnancy centers heroically provide women with millions of dollars\u2019 worth of free medical care and support every year. Women deserve better than abortion.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moira Gleason is a Daily Signal journalism intern.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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