A growing number of European lawmakers from across the political spectrum are calling for action against “deliberate disinformation” targeted at vulnerable women following an openDemocracy special investigation.
This week, openDemocracy revealed that some ‘crisis pregnancy centres’ around the world discourage women from using contraception and say, incorrectly, that abortions increase risks of getting cancer or becoming abusive towards children.
More than thirty European legislators wrote today to the European Commission’s health commissioner Stella Kyriakides and the Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner Dunja Mijatović demanding “firm action” against crisis pregnancy centres that disseminate misleading information on abortion.
