Twenty-Three Testified Against Massachusetts Bill Targeting Crisis Pregnancy Centers, None In Favor Of It; Here’s A Transcript

Editor's Note:  On Monday, July 24, 2023, the Massachusetts Legislature's Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure held a hearing on several bills, including a bill seeking to ban what it calls "deceptive advertising" by crisis pregnancy centers, which are also known as pregnancy resource centers. (The measures are Massachusetts House Bill 377 and Massachusetts Senate Bill 174.) Twenty-three supporters of crisis pregnancy centers came to testify against the bill. No one

Editor's Note:  On Monday, July 24, 2023, the Massachusetts Legislature's Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure held a hearing on several bills, including a bill seeking to ban what it calls "deceptive advertising" by crisis pregnancy centers, which are also known as pregnancy resource centers. (The measures are Massachusetts House Bill 377 and Massachusetts Senate Bill 174.) Twenty-three supporters of crisis pregnancy centers came to testify against the bill. No one…