Google Profits Over $10M From Misleading Anti-Abortion Ads, Report Finds
- Google made over $10 million from ads for anti-choice clinics called "crisis pregnancy centers" over the past two years.
- Crisis pregnancy centers are unregulated, often give incorrect information about abortions, and use scare tactics to dissuade people seeking abortions.
- Spending on ads for these fake clinics was four times higher than ads calling for more restrictions on abortion.
- of crisis pregnancy center websites promote unproven "abortion reversal" treatments.
- Google has been aware of these misleading ads for years but has done little to curb them, according to a report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate.