{"id":5994,"date":"2006-09-09T09:36:10","date_gmt":"2006-09-09T09:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/09\/its-all-about-the-choicenot.html"},"modified":"2006-09-09T09:36:10","modified_gmt":"2006-09-09T09:36:10","slug":"its-all-about-the-choicenot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/09\/its-all-about-the-choicenot.html","title":{"rendered":"It’s all about the choice…not."},"content":{"rendered":"

A WaPo story on the dismaying, shocking trend for Crisis Pregnancy Centers to obtain ultrasound machines and let women see their babies!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Abortion rights advocates say the proliferation of antiabortion pregnancy clinics is a dangerous trend, confusing vulnerable women by mixing a seemingly neutral clinical environment with a religious agenda.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The remainder of the article, aside from some anecdotes, subtly clucks about federal funding to obtain these ultrasound machines and questions about medical supervision. <\/p>\n

This, of course, is part of a series in which Planned Parenthood’s government funding was closely examined<\/a> and problems at abortion clinics were analyzed.<\/a><\/p>\n

No? Oh. My mistake.<\/p>\n

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