PLI Bulletin

Crime Watch, Press Watch, UPC Watch and More

Posted on November 13, 2025

UPC Financial Transparency Act: During the last six years, 23 states have directly funded unregulated pregnancy clinics (UPCs, also called crisis pregnancy centers), and 19 funded them this year. The Financial Transparency Act requires UPCs to report, in some detail, how taxpayer dollars are actually spent.

How do UPCs actually spend state money? Nineteen states directly fund unregulated pregnancy centers. Four others funded them until recently. Where does the money go? What is it used for? Is it an efficient use of state funds? For answers, see the latest IdeaLog, our blog intended to raise eyebrows and engage minds.

Stories from the States: The States Newsroom is introducing a new weekly podcast called Stories from the States that explores how people and communities across America are being affected by government decisions.

Press Watch: This is the website of an independent nonprofit devoted to encouraging political journalists to tell the truth! Recent articles in Press Watch address media mistakes in covering the shutdown, the military attacks on boats, and Trump’s invasion of U.S. cities.

Americans are so wrong about crime: Polls show that Americans are sure that violent crime and murder have gone up when they have actually gone down significantly, even miraculously, explains data expert Jeff Asher on his Jeff-alytics Substack column.

Sixteen model bills in our UPC Playbook: PLI 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.