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CV NEWS FEED // Now that the Trump administration has shut down the Biden-era “reproductiverights.org,” Congress should go a step further and create a federal website compiling life-affirming resources for women in need, a recent op-ed argued.
Maggie McKneely wrote in an article for the Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC), “For every one Planned Parenthood clinic, there are dozens of pregnancy resource centers and clinics ready to help new moms. But while these life-affirming centers outnumber the big abortion facilities, their advertising budgets are infinitesimally smaller.”
McKneely pointed out that recent studies show that 87% of women who get abortions are not married, indicating that they are without a strong support system.
These women, she continued, are targeted by the abortion industry, which the Biden administration further encouraged with their federal abortion website. McKneely expressed gratitude that President Donald Trump had this website taken down but added that Congress needed to take a further step.
“In post-Roe America, it is critical for the pro-life movement to help these women know that they have other options besides abortion, and there is a community of compassionate caregivers willing to walk beside them in a difficult season,” she wrote. “Rather than help the abortion industry further advertise its services, the administration can use its resources to promote resources that actually help women.”
The proposed federal website would ask for a woman’s zip code and provide information for various local resources, including pregnancy crisis centers, housing support, legal support, services in the case of domestic violence, and mentorship opportunities. The website, McKneely continued, would link various government resources related to these services.
“This web portal would show that an expectant mom does not have to turn to Planned Parenthood as her only option,” she wrote. “It would not force her to choose life or regulate abortion in any way from the federal level. What it would do is provide easier access to the vast network of providers willing to walk with a mom as she navigates her pregnancy and early years of motherhood.”
McKneely states that Florida, South Dakota, and North Dakota have all created similar websites on a state level, offering a model for a federal website.
Moreover, there are two upcoming bills in Congress that would support the creation of a pro-life resource website: Standing with Moms, which will be sponsored by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and the MOMS Act, sponsored by Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala.
Those who wish to support the creation of the proposed website can sign CWALAC’s petition.
