Hey Washington State! Listen up! Serious Threat to Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Hearing Scheduled on Bill to Shut Down Pregnancy Centers

Proving once again that pro-abortion forces don’t like choice as much as they say they do, the Washington state legislature has renewed their effort to shut down the pregnancy resource centers in Washington that offer woman an alternative to abortion clinics. Here’s what you can do:

1) Attend a hearing on Monday, January 24 th , at 1:30 pm in House Hearing Room If you want to attend the hearing, please show up by 11 a.m.

2) Call your legislators at 1-800-562-6000 and ask them to oppose HB1366 and SB 5274

3) Forward this to your friends.

Last year at the hearings, pro-life advocates outnumbered abortion industry employees by a ratio of at least 10 to 1. That was one of the primary reasons the bill was not passed.

However, in order to prevent that from happening again, Big Abortion is working overtime to make sure that their representatives outnumber supporters of pregnancy centers.

The bill (HB 1366) that is being heard on Monday would do the following things: 1. It creates two classes of medical/pregnancy centers based on whether or not they provide abortion services.

2. Requires centers that do not provide abortion services to disclose that fact in five different languages (English, Spanish, Chinese, Cambodian, and Laotian) in 30 point font on the front door of the centers, and on any advertisement or notice promoting the centers services.

3. Creates regulations and liabilities associated with medical records that do not apply to any other medical/pregnancy centers in Washington State.

4. Creates a private cause of action (lawsuit) against pregnancy centers for violations of any of the above regulations. In lawsuits against pregnancy centers: (1) anyone can be an aggrieved party even if you have never been in or even seen a pregnancy center; (2) there is no need to prove damages; (3) those who sue a pregnancy center can collect legal fees from the center if they win; (4) but pregnancy centers cannot collect legal fees if they win.

In summary, this bill creates significant liability for non-profit, faith-based, pregnancy centers that receive no tax dollars and provide at least $16 million in free services to communities in Washington simply because they do not offer abortion services. The stated reason is that they are afraid that women who are looking for an abortion will go to one of these centers. Why the attention of the Washington State legislature is required to prevent that from happening is something each of us can ponder for ourselves.

The Family Policy Institute of Washington is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting public policy that recognizes the significance and sanctity of the family in Washington State.

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