SNAP Void, GHG Emissions, UPC Ethics and More

Posted on October 29, 2025

Professional Responsibility in Reproductive Health Act: More than 2,000 unregulated pregnancy clinics (UPCs, also called crisis pregnancy centers) operate in an unethical manner in all 50 states. The Professional Responsibility in Reproductive Health Act...

States need to address UPCs’ lack of ethics

Posted on October 27, 2025

State boards of medicine and nursing are ignoring ethical violations by doctors and nurses who are associated with UPCs. Essentially, these licensed professionals are helping UPCs impersonate medical clinics, which is defrauding clients. Anyone...

ACA, Free Clinics, Marches Matter and More

Posted on October 14, 2025

Clinic Accountability and Standards Enforcement Act: More than 2,600 unregulated pregnancy clinics (UPCs, also called crisis pregnancy centers) operate in all 50 states. The Clinic Accountability and Standards Enforcement Act provides that if a...

Regulate UPCs that pretend to be free medical clinics

Posted on October 14, 2025

There are dozens of nonprofit free medical clinics in every state, which provide quality health care to people who can’t afford it. There are also dozens of Unregulated Pregnancy Clinics (UPCs), which are masquerading...

Transparency, Misogyny, Social Media and More

Posted on October 1, 2025

Financial Transparency Act: More than 2,600 unregulated pregnancy clinics (UPCs, also called crisis pregnancy centers) operate in all 50 states. The Financial Transparency Act requires that, in order to receive grants from the state,...

Require UPCs to disclose their spending

Posted on October 1, 2025

Nineteen states currently subsidize Unregulated Pregnancy Clinics (UPCs, often called crisis pregnancy centers) and yet, they need no subsidies. They are already spending far more than they provide clients in goods and services. How...

Stop UPCs from disclosing sensitive client health information

Posted on September 17, 2025

When clients go to any healthcare facility, they expect their sensitive personal health information to be kept confidential. But Unregulated Pregnancy Clinics (otherwise called Crisis Pregnancy Centers) often send personal health information to a...

Housing, Health Privacy, Corporate Power and More

Posted on September 17, 2025

Reproductive Health Client Data Privacy Act: Unregulated Pregnancy Clinics (UPCs) are not covered by HIPAA, the federal health privacy law, and many share confidential health information outside of the clinic. The Reproductive Health Client...

Why focus on UPCs?

Posted on September 3, 2025

There is a vast network of Unregulated Pregnancy Clinics (UPCs), commonly called “crisis pregnancy centers,” which falsely present themselves as full-service reproductive health clinics. While their main mission is to prevent abortion, they play...

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...

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