The 19th: Anti-abortion centers face little regulation. The SAD Act could change that.

Democratic lawmakers are pushing for the federal government to better regulate anti-abortion centers, facilities that seek to dissuade people from terminating their pregnancies, The 19th is first to report.

The Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation (SAD) Act will be reintroduced Thursday by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon. The bill aims to empower the Federal Trade Commission to regulate these often religiously affiliated centers - which are not medical clinics and therefore not subject to the laws that govern health care providers. That would include being able to take disciplinary action, including levying fines, if they provide misleading or false information about abortions, contraception or other forms of reproductive health care. 

Anti-abortion centers, also referred to as crisis pregnancy centers, have come under scrutiny for giving people incorrect information about abortions, including inaccurate readings of sonograms and false claims about abortion's physical or psychological consequences.

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