In California, Anti-Abortion Centers Outnumber Abortion Clinics
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Despite California’s reputation as a sanctuary state for abortion rights, it is also home to hundreds of “crisis pregnancy centers” located directly next to abortion clinics like Planned Parenthood.  These centers are designed to look like community health clinics, but most of them don’t have a medical license. And they have an explicit goal: to persuade people not to have an abortion. This episode originally aired on Feb. 17, 2023.
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