Jack, sign the petition to Google: Stop enabling fake abortion clinics.

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Big tech companies are responsible for protecting consumers from dangerous disinformation on their platforms. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, making sure that online health information is accurate is more important than ever.

That’s why it’s so outrageous that Google includes search results for fake abortion clinics that shame and scare people out of seeking abortion care—without any warnings that such organizations don’t offer real reproductive health services.

Review platform Yelp recently added disclaimers to all listings for fake abortion clinics. It’s Google’s move now.

Sign the petition to Google: Follow Yelp’s lead. Add warnings to search results for fake abortion clinics.

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In solidarity,
Sarah Hogg, Daily Kos

P.S. See my previous email below for more information about fake abortion clinics.

Jack, sign the petition to Google: Stop enabling fake abortion clinics.

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Fake abortion clinics—also commonly referred to as crisis pregnancy centers or CPCs—are everywhere in the United States. When Roe v. Wade was overturned, these fearmongering organizations got even more dangerous.

CPCs look like real health centers, but when a pregnant person seeking abortion services steps inside, they are met with shame, intimidation, and outrageous lies. “Patients” are sometimes shown an ultrasound of a fetus or told they can reverse an abortion, which is untrue. The entire point of a CPC is to convince someone not to have an abortion by any means necessary.

In an attempt to confuse someone seeking abortion care as much as possible, CPCs often buy property near existing abortion clinics. They also show up on internet searches when someone searches for abortion.

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Even before Roe was overturned, this was a problem. Now, it’s much more dire: researching local abortion clinics is crucial, especially if the patient needs to travel across state lines to access care.

Customer review platform Yelp just raised the bar for how any site or search engine tool should handle CPCs. They are adding consumer notices to CPC listings that alert users that the centers “provide limited medical services and may not have licensed medical professionals onsite.”

Ideally, CPCs wouldn’t be listed online at all, but this is a way to mitigate risk as much as possible. It’s imperative that search engine giant Google follows Yelp’s lead and adds disclaimers to CPC listings—not just to ads CPCs purchased, but to any result.

Sign the petition to Google: Add disclaimers to any and all listings for fake abortion clinics.

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In solidarity,
Sarah Hogg, Daily Kos