Oakland officials are considering an ordinance that would allow the city to fine pregnancy centers that claim to offer abortion services, but do not.
Officials say some anti-abortion groups’ internet advertising and mass transit billboards are misleading, and intended to lure pregnant women in for counseling against abortion.
“We believe women who need care should not be lied to,” said Annie Campbell Washington, vice mayor of Oakland and a proponent of the ordinance.
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