It would be great, if corporate media gave this report the attention it deserves. Fat chance.
In September 2010, NARAL Pro-Choice Minnesota Foundation (NPCMF) started an investigation of "crisis pregnancy centers" (CPCs) operating throughout the state and funded by the State of Minnesota. During the next year, our investigators uncovered a consistent pattern of misinformation, deceptive advertising, and blatant lies about the risks of pregnancy and abortion. The following report provides insight into the potential harms these facilities pose to women and Minnesota communities, use of state taxpayer dollars to promote inaccurate health information, evidence for the need to inform women of the limitations of their services, and policy recommendations.
I have to pass along another item related to reproductive freedom, because it's great. (The idea, that is, not the entirely unsurprising fact that it didn't pass.)
The (Virginia) state Senate this afternoon gave preliminary approval for legislation that would require pregnant women to undergo ultrasound imaging before an abortion, but not before rejecting a Democratic senator's attempt to add what she described as " a little gender equity" to the bill.
Democrat Janet Howell of Fairfax County proposed requiring men to undergo a rectal exam and a cardiac stress test before getting prescriptions for erectile dysfunction drugs such as Viagra.
It would be great, if corporate media gave 
