
“A billion-dollar abortion industry has waged war against volunteer-supported Pregnancy Centers for years, ignoring the reality that some choose life and free diapers over abortion,” said Student for Life Action Northeast Regional Coordinator Penelope Rose. “The anti-baby rhetoric from Rep. Josh Gottheimer is just more of the same water-carrying from Planned Parenthood’s co-conspirators in Congress.”
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HACKENSACK, N.J. (2-27-2024) – Students for Life Action (SFLAction) will be joining speakers from Democrats for Life and New Jersey Right to Life, speaking in front of Democrat Rep. Josh Gottheimer’s district office, in defense of Pregnancy Resource Centers in New Jersey. In January 2024, the Congressman issued a press release, where he mischaracterized these critically important, life-saving centers as “deceptive anti-choice clinics” and that they “manipulate women in a vulnerable situation and push their own ideological agenda.”
MEDIA ADVISORY: Location: 65 Central Ave, Hackensack, NJ 07601
Date: Feb. 28, Time: 11:00 a.m. ET
“Despite the rhetoric from Rep. Gottheimer, women do receive real medical help, real healthcare support, and real resources to protect mother and baby alike. And unlike Planned Parenthood, most things are free,” said Rose. “Yet, Rep. Gottheimer wants to shut down these pregnancy centers, ironically taking away choice from women who wish to seek out compassionate, life-affirming care at facilities that offer more than just the barbarism of abortion.”
Pregnancy Resource Centers offer vital assistance at no charge, providing women with material resources, parenting education classes, and emotional support. And despite the claims to the contrary from Rep. Gottheimer, these clinics follow all medical board requirements and state laws that regulate licensed professionals throughout the country. As a report from Charlotte Lozier Institute in 2019 noted, over 10,000 licensed medical workers served clients as staff and volunteers at pregnancy resource centers.
Students for Life of America also proudly supports Standing with You, which connects pregnant mothers with other women who know what an unexpected pregnancy feels like, empowering them women to choose both their child and their dreams.
Additionally, despite the false claims from Rep. Gottheimer on the supposedly negative impact that Pregnancy Centers make, it’s worth noting that New Jersey has the highest abortion rate in the United States, with 29.2 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years old according to an article by US News and World Report. The state also has 20 Planned Parenthood locations.
READ: Shocking to No One: Study Shows Pregnancy Centers Provide Better Services Than Abortion Biz
“It would be grotesque enough if this Member of Congress was misleading pregnant mothers just for political reasons – being a good team player and toeing the party line of limitless abortion through all nine months, just like Joe Biden does,” said Rose. “However, with so many things in Washington, one must follow the money to see the full truth – and Rep. Gottheimer’s interest in shutting down these clinics takes on a new shape when you see that a major donor of his, Planned Parenthood, views these pregnancy centers as competition for their bloody business.”
According to information from OpenSecrets.org, a website tracking political donations and influence, Rep. Gottheimer is one of the top Democrat recipients of Planned Parenthood funds for elections in 2021 – 2022, receiving $10,000 – the maximum amount that Planned Parenthood gave to any House candidate in that cycle.
A 2022 report from the Charlotte Lozier, Federally Qualified Health Centers and pregnancy resource centers outnumber Planned Parenthood 14-to-one.
READ: Pregnancy Resource Centers Outnumber Planned Parenthood 14-To-1
To learn more about the important role that Pregnancy Centers play in saving the lives of preborn babies as well as empowering expecting mothers, click HERE.
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