Pro-life citizens in San Diego, California showed up in force at a county supervisors’ board meeting on Tuesday to voice their opposition to a supervisor’s proposal that aims to shut down 16 pregnancy care centers that she slandered as “fake and fraudulent.”
More opponents of San Diego County District 3 Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer’s plan showed up at the meeting than supporters. According to the California Family Council, more than 60 people spoke in opposition to Lawson-Remer’s proposal with 975 responding in written comments. No one spoke in support at the hearing, and only 60 people sent in supportive comments.
In her recommendation, Lawson-Remer had called for her fellow supervisors to support an educational campaign and possible legal action “to shut down fake and fraudulent crisis pregnancy centers,” accusing them of spreading “blatant misinformation, presented as ‘medical advice,” that is designed to “stop individuals from terminating their pregnancy,” according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.
The outlet reported several people who spoke at the meeting pushed back against the idea that the centers were not qualified heath care providers.
Leslie Carrillo pointed out that many of the pregnancy centers have government oversight.
“Some of these licensed clinics are accredited by the Accreditation Association
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