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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Andrea Cavallier

Crisis pregnancy center told staff not to give ultrasounds to women with potential ectopic pregnancies

One of the nation’s largest crisis pregnancy center support groups is instructing its clinics not to perform ultrasounds on women suspected of having ectopic pregnancies — a potentially life-threatening condition.

The guidance, issued by a legal group that advises faith-based centers, followed a lawsuit in which a woman’s ectopic pregnancy was allegedly misdiagnosed by a Massachusetts clinic, leading to a life-threatening emergency, according to recordings obtained by NBC News.

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