Former leadership of abortion giant Planned Parenthood launched an artificial intelligence tool aimed at encouraging abortion and telling children which states do not require parental consent.
The chatbot called “Charley” greets abortion-seekers with the message, “Need an abortion? Let’s get started,” adding that the tool is “designed by abortion experts, made for abortion seekers.”
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“Charley” gives abortion access information based on the date of the seeker’s last menstrual period and the state in which they live. It also gives options for mail-order abortion pills and procedures, as well as offers children guidance on how to obtain an abortion without parental consent, including how to petition a judge to grant the procedure outside the bounds of laws requiring such consent.
“Today, in America, Democrats push women to inhumane online abortion chatbots while pregnancy resource centers, maternity homes, and the pro-life movement provide women with compassionate human care that lasts for years,” E.V. Osment, SBA Pro-Life America vice president, told the Washington Examiner. “This new move by the abortion industry threatens the lives of thousands of babies and also encourages women to seek out dangerous mail-order abortion pills, even when it is illegal in their own state.”
When the Washington Examiner tested the chatbot and entered a central Virginia location, a preference for a procedure, and the last menstrual period was 24 or more weeks prior, “Charley” replied that Virginia law allows abortion up to 26 weeks and that “if you act quickly, you’ll be able to get abortion care in your state.” It further noted an abortion beyond Virginia’s threshold was still possible in another state.
The chatbot said Virginia law requires consent from at least one parent before a minor can obtain an abortion, but that “if you cannot or do not want to involve a parent, you can ask a judge for permission to make the decision in your own.”
When asked about obtaining an abortion procedure in Mississippi, where the procedure is heavily restricted, “Charley” suggested traveling both out-of-state and internationally to get an abortion, including to Mexico and Canada.
Resources provided to abortion seekers also warn them to “avoid crisis pregnancy centers,” which help women carry babies to term through various avenues of assistance as an alternative to abortion, but which resources provided by “Charley” say “often provide false or misleading information and try to manipulate people into not getting abortions.
“When a woman is faced with an unplanned pregnancy, we should make sure she has access to the support, love, and life-saving care she deserves,” Osment said. “The Democrats’ decision to funnel a woman to an online abortion chatbot illustrates their continued lack of compassion for the individual woman, her child, and their needs.”
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The company, co-founded by former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards and former Planned Parenthood chief strategy officer Tom Subak, hopes its chatbot tool will be integrated into the websites of doctors and clinics across the country.
“Our research showed that people were turning primarily to Google for information about abortion options in the post-Roe landscape and that it was very challenging for abortion seekers to connect to available options,” “Charley” content manager Nicole Cushman told Fox News. “This was particularly the case if they were living in a state with an abortion ban or restriction — they were ending up in an endless Google loop.”
