(NRLCs) Attorney General Daniel Cameron Today [Feb. 7] led a coalition of 24 state attorneys general in a letter to Yelp opposing the company’s practice of discriminating against emergency pregnancy centers in online consumer notices.
Attorney General Cameron said, “Discriminating emergency pregnancy center services prevents women and families from accessing the life-affirming care and support they need.” However, Yelp’s decision not to flag Planned Parenthood facility profiles puts politics above the health and wellbeing of women and children, and we will do everything in our power to stop this discrimination. ”
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Last year, after Alphabet pressured Democrats to discriminate against life-threatening crisis pregnancy centers in Google search results, Yelp said the company would begin issuing consumer notices to Yelp profiles of crisis pregnancy centers. . The notice claims to inform consumers that critical pregnancy centers “typically offer limited medical services and may not have licensed medical professionals on site.”
In their letter, General Cameron and the Attorney General argued that it would be discriminatory to apply these notices to all critical pregnancy centers, but not to Planned Parenthood and related facilities. The Attorney General wrote: Discrimination of this kind is unacceptable. ”
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The Coalition also argues that reclassifying the services of crisis pregnancy centers is misplaced because these services are in high demand. Called Yelp to stop.
In 2019, the Critical Pregnancy Center will provide ultrasound, pregnancy tests, STD testing, parenting and prenatal education classes, recovery counseling, and other services valued at over $266 million to nearly 2 million people. offered to Americans.
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last July, Attorney General Cameron sent a letter to Google We asked the company not to censor critical pregnancy centers from other products such as search results, online ads and Google Maps. His letter to Yelp today continues his struggle to protect expectant mothers and their children.
Attorney General Cameron includes Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. The states, West Virginia and Wyoming, sent letters.
To read a copy of the letter, please click here.
Editor’s Note: This article Published by the National Right to Live Commission and reprinted with permission.
