The moment Stephanie Moore saw the positive line appear on her home pregnancy test in 2019, she fell to her knees and sobbed. She had recently graduated from college and knew she wasn’t ready for a baby.
“I felt like the world was closing in around me,” Ms. Moore, 31, recently said. “I don’t think I’ve ever cried like that before.”
Then, she picked herself up, opened Google on her phone and typed: “Abortion near me.”
Ms. Moore quickly found a site for the Grapevine Women’s Clinic, just a short drive from her suburban Dallas home. “Take Control. Start with a Free Abortion Consultation,” the site read. She had recently been diagnosed with a blood disorder, and wanted to know how an abortion would physically affect her.
“I didn’t really need someone to go over my options,” she said. “I just needed more information as far as my health.”
The procedure was still largely available in Texas at the time, and when Ms. Moore called the number on the website, the person who picked up could not answer her questions. Instead, she said, the agent encouraged her to schedule an appointment to see if the pregnancy was “viable,” trying to steer her toward an ultrasound.
The woman on the phone did not work for an abortion clinic, or even a licensed medical facility. She was a counselor for Human Coalition, a Christian nonprofit that is quietly orchestrating a national effort to end abortion. Using local numbers that route to anti-abortion call centers and the promise of free ultrasounds, the...
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