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Federally Funded Misinformation

Everyone knows that Bush & Co. are very pro-life, abstinence-only types. So you might expect that some of the nation's federally funded pregnancy resource centers might be similarly inclined.

However, I had no idea that it was this bad (WashPost):

The report said that 20 of 23 federally funded centers contacted by staff investigators requesting information about an unintended pregnancy were told false or misleading information about the potential risks of an abortion.

20 out of 23? Lying to pregnant women? And being funded to do so?

I bet they're the same centers that put up those giant highway billboards being all, "Pregnant? We can help." Except that "We can help" apparently means "We're going to terrify you with false statistics about cancer, infertility, and trauma."