Qualified Oversight in Reproductive Care Act: If an unregulated pregnancy clinic (UPC) is offering medical services, then it needs to be held to the standards of a legitimate health care provider. The Qualified Oversight in Reproductive Care Act requires that, if a UPC offers medical services, it must have a supervising medical professional and disclose that person’s identity to the state department of health and to any client who asks who is supervising their own health care.
Doctors are not accepting professional responsibility: Eighty percent of UPCs offer obstetric ultrasound examinations. That procedure requires the supervision of a doctor. But in many or most cases, supervision isn’t happening. For what you can do about it, see the latest IdeaLog, our blog intended to raise eyebrows and engage minds.
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Taxpayer dollars flood pregnancy centers, oversight hasn’t followed: We have nothing but praise for Stateline which just published a deeply researched report about UPCs, highlighting medical dangers and the lack of oversight.
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Eighty percent of unregulated pregnancy clinics (UPCs) offer obstetric ultrasound examinations. That procedure requires supervision by a doctor. But in many or most cases, supervision isn’t happening. An obstetric ultrasound examination requires an order...
Public Right to Know: This is a model Freedom of Information Act or Public Records Act letter to demand information about UPCs. The Public Right to Know Model Letter can be signed by legislators...
Legislators and members of the public know very little about the state’s (or city’s) interactions with unregulated pregnancy clinics (UPCs). You can and should file and FOIA or Public Records request to see what’s...
Public Health Assessment of Pregnancy Services Act: There is a lack of public information about the widespread industry of Unregulated Pregnancy Clinics (UPCs). The Public Health Assessment of Pregnancy Services Act commissions a thorough...
The vast majority of Unregulated Pregnancy Clinics (UPCs) advertise medical or quasi-medical services. Nearly all UPCs offer pregnancy tests and more than 75 percent offer a free ultrasound examination. About 35 percent also offer...
Reproductive Care Access and Information Act: Conservative states spend hundreds of millions of dollars supporting Unregulated Pregnancy Clinics (UPCs) and much of that goes into advertising. The Reproductive Care Access and Information Act authorizes...
Unregulated Pregnancy Clinics (UPCs) advertise themselves to potential clients as if they were comprehensive reproductive health care providers. And there are a lot of ads. Google alone was paid $10 million over two years...
Nineteen states (AK, FL, GA, IN, IA, KS, LA, MO, NE, NC, ND, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, UT, WV, WI) collectively spend more than $200 million per year to fund Unregulated Pregnancy Clinics...
Right to Dignified Care Act: Unregulated Pregnancy Clinics (UPCs) often require clients to fill out unreasonably intrusive medical intake forms. The Right to Dignified Care Act prohibits a UPC from asking clients improper questions...