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Group Wants State AGs to Investigate Crisis Pregnancy Centers

April 24, 2024

What: A progressive group, Campaign for Accountability, sent letters to state attorneys general in Idaho, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, asking them to investigate if crisis pregnancy centers are “gathering and retaining sensitive medical information and what they do with it — and potentially charge the centers with violating state consumer protection laws.”

Why it matters: The crisis pregnancy centers are typically free, which means the usual health data privacy laws don’t apply to them.

Source: NBC News

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