PLI Bulletin

Unregulated Clinics, Troop Deployments, Vaccine Protocols and More

Posted on September 3, 2025

Ultrasound Quality Assurance and Safety Act: Unfortunately, many ultrasound exams are being performed by unqualified and unsupervised personnel. The Ultrasound Quality Assurance and Safety Act requires that an ultrasound can only be performed or supervised by a licensed medical professional operating within their scope of practice.

Why focus on UPCs? There is a vast network of Unregulated Pregnancy Clinics (UPCs), commonly called as “crisis pregnancy centers,” which falsely present themselves as full-service reproductive health clinics. While their main mission is to prevent abortion, they play a key organizing role for the MAGA movement. PLI just published a UPC Playbook. Read about it in the latest IdeaLog, our blog intended to raise eyebrows and engage minds.

Judge rejects Trump’s illegal troop deployments in LA: Ari Melber, the chief legal correspondent for MSNBC, discusses a recent federal court ruling against militarized policing on his podcast, The Beat.

New Mexico pushes back against Trump’s anti-vaccine agenda: Eighteen states follow FDA guidelines for vaccines: CO, CT, GA, IA, KY, ME, MD, MA, MT, NV, NJ, NM, NC OR, PA, SC, VA, and WV. The NM Board of Pharmacy is now amending its vaccine protocols and the Secretary of Health published a Public Health Order to move away from the FDA guidelines. Perhaps your state should do the same.

Localities failing to use federal emergency warning system: The federal Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) lets officials send geotargeted alerts warning of emergencies like floods, wildfires and mudslides, but localities often fail to use the system, according to a report by ProPublica.

New UPC Playbook: PLI recently published Unregulated Pregnancy Clinics: The Policy Playbook to serve as a practical resource for policymakers, advocates and community leaders. UPCs, also known as crisis pregnancy centers, operate in every state and most violate basic rules of medical supervision, fail to keep clients’ health records private, and knowingly deceive their clients.