Google searches for abortion clinics are routinely yielding results for non-medical organizations and pro-life “crisis pregnancy centers,” according to an analysis conducted by Bloomberg News. In a world where medical data privacy is anything but certain, such an overt miscommunication of resources is potentially life-threatening.
Across the United States, about a quarter of the top 10 Google Maps search results for “abortion clinic” were for crisis pregnancy centers — nonprofit agencies founded to persuade women away from abortion — based on data collected by Bloomberg in July 2022. In some cases, as many as 9 of the top 10 search results were for crisis pregnancy centers.
