re: #299 albusteve

Speaking of resolutions that passed unanimously, this one just passed here in Austin:

Signs must be posted at crisis pregnancy centers, council says

Pregnancy centers that don’t offer or refer clients to abortion services or birth control services will now have to say that on signs posted at their facilities, the Austin City Council decided in a unanimous vote this morning.

Council Member Bill Spelman proposed the idea because he said it can be unclear to visitors to the centers what services they offer. The centers are not medical clinics and typically offer adoption counseling, pregnancy tests and financial assistance to women with unplanned pregnancies, but not other services, Spelman said.

Baltimore is the only other city in the nation that has passed a similar law. Austin’s law will only apply to four or five facilities, aides to Spelman have said. It won’t affect Planned Parenthood clinics or local or state health clinics that provide or refer clients to abortion and birth control services.