As part of the #ExposeFakeClinics week of action, we’re sharing stories about Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) and the harm they do to patients seeking real reproductive health care. Learn more about the campaign and what you can do to help stop these deceptive practices: Expose Fake Clinics.

I was a physician working in a free clinic when a young girl came in with an early pregnancy. She had a baby about a year ago. She told me that she was seeking an abortion, and she had accidentally gone to a crisis pregnancy center. While she was there, they told her that if she had an abortion, she would die and leave her little girl without a mother. It struck me what a courageous mother she was being to try and make the best possible life for herself and her daughter.