The NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia Foundation says when it conducted a year-long survey it also found that more than 40 percent of crisis centers in the state tell patients that abortions also can cause infertility and pregnancy complications and that a little less than a third tell patients that abortions cause breast cancer.
The survey, conducted between June 2012 and June 2013, also found that some crisis centers were unwilling to help women comply with a state law requiring transabdominal ultrasounds at least 24 hours in advance of an abortion, the group said. The report concludes that three crisis clinics — advertised on the state’s list of no-cost ultrasound providers — indicated that they would refuse copies of ultrasound images, preventing women from getting approval to terminate a pregnancy at an abortion clinic.