Fake Clinics

Testimony by Dr. Ellen Shaffer to SF Board of Supervisors

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors will hear a proposal at 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 26, to limit the deceptive practices of First Resort, an anti-abortion organization that falsely advertises itself as offering abortions. The group’s director states in an op ed in the SF Chronicle that they do no such thing. OurSilverBlog did a First Resort Google search 9-24-11, and also looked at their website. The first quote on their webpage reads:

Abortion “I really thank you for all your help and support. The decision I made isn’t a pleasant one but I received good advice so that I wouldn’t have to go through this again.” – Client who chose to terminate her pregnancy

The search for “abortion San Francisco” also found a paid ad by First Resort, and several search results.

This video clip shows like fake “clinics” baldy lying to women, that abortion increases their risk for breast cancer by 100% (the real number is zero): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jvzJ35zhvQ

The Trust Women/Silver Ribbon Campaign is confident that women make the right choices given accurate information. San Francisco’s groundbreaking legislation will help to see that they get it

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/22/EDH81L86C5.DTL#ixzz1Ytfoqth0

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