Under the Trump administration, crisis pregnancy centers are receiving expanded federal support — but a watchdog group says many are misleading vulnerable patients with false promises. According to reporting from NPR, these anti-abortion clinics claim they can 'rule out' ectopic pregnancies, a dangerous condition where a fetus develops outside the uterus. In reality, the group says, these centers typically lack the ultrasound equipment and medical expertise to make such determinations, yet they advertise this capability anyway.

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