Kerby Anderson

The attorney general of the state of New York would like to wipe pregnancy centers off the map, digitally. She (along with other progressive activists) is pressuring Google to remove “pregnancy centers that are not real clinics” from digital maps.

This represents the latest in what could be called the digital cancel culture. Progressives aren’t very interested in engaging their opposition in debate when they can merely remove any opposition. Conservative or Christian speakers are prevented from speaking on campus. Anyone who questions the latest progressive policy at a company can be fired. Certain perspectives on social media can be labeled disinformation and are quickly removed. There is no need to engage in debate when you can eliminate anyone who has a different viewpoint.

This latest technique reminds me of what occasionally happened in Stalinist Russia. You have probably seen some of the photos from that era where a person who was no longer supported by Stalin and his cabinet was removed from future photographs.

These attacks on pregnancy centers are hypocritical at best. Those leading the attacks on them claim to be pro-choice. But if you really wanted to provide abortion-minded women with choice, you would support pregnancy centers that truly provide them with a choice. That would be the choice NOT to have an abortion along with options for caring for the child or even putting the child up for adoption.

Perhaps you have seen this meme on Facebook. “Head to a Planned Parenthood and ask for diapers, formula, a crib, rent assistance, food, bill assistance, assistance with education for your child, health care for your child, etc. And then come and tell me pro-lifers are the ones that don’t care for children after they’re born.”

While pro-abortion activists are attacking pregnancy centers, progressives in power are working to make them disappear from digital maps. That is why we need to support these pregnancy centers like never before.