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Senate committee advances resolution honoring pregnancy care centers after contested testimony
Summary
A Senate concurrence recognizing pregnancy care centers drew divided testimony Wednesday, with supporters praising local services and medical professionals criticizing the centers as nonmedical and potentially misleading. The committee voted to advance the resolution after a roll call.
A Senate committee voted to advance Senate Concurrent Resolution 24, which recognizes pregnancy care centers for the services they provide to pregnant people, after supporters and medical experts offered sharply different accounts of the centers’ operations.
Senator Rotz presented the resolution, saying it “highlights those organizations for the good work that they do” helping people who may be early in a pregnancy with “compassionate care, confidential peer counseling” and basic services that help people learn they are pregnant and consider options. Supporters in the hearing characterized the centers as community-based places that provide emotional support and information for people finding out they are pregnant.
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