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Does Kamala Harris plan to close all Pregnancy Resource Centers if she is elected president?
PRCs, also known as Crisis Pregnancy Centers, are often religiously-affiliated organizations that offer free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds and other resources to pregnant individuals. Most are not licensed medical facilities, however, and have been promoted by conservative groups as alternatives for women who may have otherwise sought an abortion.
This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one.
Sources
- Calmatters—Digital Democracy AB 775: Reproductive FACT Act.
- State of California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Issues Statement on Governor Brown Signing Reproductive FACT Act into Law
- United States District Court Eastern District California A Woman's Friend Pregnancy Resource Clinic v. Harris
- White House Remarks by Vice President Harris at the Democratic Attorneys General Association Conference
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