Feuer told the city council that some anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers target low-income people and use deceptive tactics such as false advertising to make pregnant people believe they provide abortion services when they do not, Once inside, pregnant people are instead dissuaded from getting an abortion.

The ordinance sites the delay caused by misleading medical information as detrimental to a woman’s health, stating “…she loses time crucial to accessing emergency contraception, obtaining an abortion, or beginning prenatal care. Under these circumstances a woman might also lose the option to choose a particular procedure, or to terminate the pregnancy at all.”

Source: Pregnancy Centers In LA Could Face 10k Fine For Misleading Patients | LAist