Google Profits Millions from Misleading Abortion Ads

Google has earned an estimated $10m in two years from anti-choice organizations that pay to advertise "pregnancy crisis centers" alongside legitimate results on the Google search page, according to a new report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate. Crisis pregnancy centers have been defined as facilities that "operate unethically", representing themselves as legitimate reproductive healthcare clinics while actually seeking to dissuade people from accessing abortion healthcare. The study found that Google Search is now the top source of referrals to crisis pregnancy clinics, surpassing word of mouth for means of getting pregnant people in the door.