[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 29, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1165]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   STOP DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING FOR WOMEN'S SERVICES ACT STATEMENT OF 
                              INTRODUCTION

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                                new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 29, 2015

  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, today, I am 
introducing, along with my colleague Representative Suzanne Bonamici, 
the Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act. This important 
bill protects the rights of women seeking family planning services.
  Women deserve to receive comprehensive, impartial, and medically 
accurate information when making personal health decisions. 
Unfortunately, there are so-called Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) that 
deliberately misinform or mislead women seeking information on family 
planning services. They pose as sources of unbiased pregnancy 
counseling, using deceptive propaganda to dissuade women from 
considering comprehensive birth-control options or legal abortion. 
These fake reproductive health clinics entice women through their doors 
under the pretense of providing the full range of reproductive options 
and services, and this bill would expose their deceptive tactics.
  The Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act directs the 
Federal Trade Commission to promulgate rules under the Federal Trade 
Commission Act, declaring it an unfair or deceptive act for an entity, 
such as a crisis pregnancy center, to advertise as a provider of 
abortion services if the entity does not provide abortion services.
  Clearly, deception and intimidation have no place when a woman is 
seeking information about her pregnancy. Working together we can help 
stop the fraud and confusion these Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) are 
perpetrating on the women of America.
  I urge my colleagues to cosponsor this important legislation--because 
women deserve access to the best, most comprehensive healthcare 
information. Women need and deserve accurate and comprehensive 
information when making personal decisions about family planning, and 
so-called Crisis Pregnancy Centers provide neither. Our legislation 
would expose and stop deceptive and false advertising from CPCs.

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