Katherine Spillar

Ms. Magazine

Katherine Spillar is Executive Editor of Ms. magazine and Executive Vice President of the Feminist Majority Foundation and the Feminist Majority, national organizations working for women’s equality, empowerment, and non-violence.

Crisis of Deception: Fake Clinics Spread Misinformation on the Federal Dime

Katherine Spillar

Crisis pregnancy centers are fake clinics that provide deceptive and erroneous information to both pregnant and non-pregnant women on pregnancy, abortion, and contraception. And they often brazenly violate the separation of church and state. So why has the Congress been funneling so much money to these centers? And will the powerful Congressman David Obey continue to do so despite the evidence?