Far from true counseling, these centers are designed to misinform and intimidate women some will go to any lengths necessary to dissuade women from ending their pregnancies. Increasingly, women complain about their unwitting encounters with anti-abortion centers.
Women describe being harassed, intimidated, and given blatantly false information.
They complain that confidential information they provided was used against them. In some cases, they describe instances of medical malpractice which threatened their lives. Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the National Abortion Federation systematically surveyed abortion providers and other family planning professionals around the country for information about deceptive anti-abortion counseling centers in their communities. They offer free pregnancy tests but give ambiguous answers about the results. Instead, counselors are advised to only say whether test results are positive or negative.