NEW: Google is profiting from fake abortion clinics' ads
Channel: Center for Countering Digital Hate
Date: 2023-06-16

CCDH found that fake abortion clinics spent $10.2M on Google Search ads in the last 2 years, promoting misleading claims to prevent people from accessing real healthcare.

How does it work?
The anti-choice movement places ads promoting fake clinics on Google Search, targeting people seeking reproductive healthcare.

What did we find?
71% of fake clinics websites used deceptive techniques, like:
➡️ 16% promoted misleading claims about abortion
➡️ 38% failed to clearly state that they do not provide abortions
➡️ 40% promoted unproven and potentially unsafe abortion pill “reversal”

The anti-choice industry manipulates search results and deprives people of accurate reproductive healthcare information.

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