Comments on: “First Resort” is the Bay Area’s Fake Abortion Provider per the Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights (BACORR) http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2011/09/30/first-resort-is-the-bay-areas-fake-abortion-provider-per-the-bay-area-coalition-for-our-reproductive-rights-bacorr/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-resort-is-the-bay-areas-fake-abortion-provider-per-the-bay-area-coalition-for-our-reproductive-rights-bacorr "If you want a vision of the future, imagine Larry Ellison eating a hot dog - forever" editor@SFCitizen.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:03:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bette http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2011/09/30/first-resort-is-the-bay-areas-fake-abortion-provider-per-the-bay-area-coalition-for-our-reproductive-rights-bacorr/#comment-125681 Bette Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:42:10 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/?p=35552#comment-125681 @Tim - imagine if you were looking for a time-sensitive, urgent medical procedure that would affect the rest of your life....and the office you called for information lied to you about it's services. Many California counties have no abortion provider, so if you get an answer like the one from First Resort, you waste time and money traveling to San Francisco, paying for a hotel only to find out you've been duped by an organization who's goal is to prevent you from having an abortion. They've wasted your time and your money. It's not a witch hunt to demand accurate information from businesses and protect women from fraudulent advertising. @Tim – imagine if you were looking for a time-sensitive, urgent medical procedure that would affect the rest of your life….and the office you called for information lied to you about it’s services. Many California counties have no abortion provider, so if you get an answer like the one from First Resort, you waste time and money traveling to San Francisco, paying for a hotel only to find out you’ve been duped by an organization who’s goal is to prevent you from having an abortion. They’ve wasted your time and your money.

It’s not a witch hunt to demand accurate information from businesses and protect women from fraudulent advertising.

]]> By: Ana http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2011/09/30/first-resort-is-the-bay-areas-fake-abortion-provider-per-the-bay-area-coalition-for-our-reproductive-rights-bacorr/#comment-96949 Ana Sat, 08 Oct 2011 01:50:00 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/?p=35552#comment-96949 Okay, should Cadillac dealers buy the word "Honda" and when you search "Honda dealership, San Francisco" a Caddy dealer shows up? But you only find out they sell Cadillacs when you get to the lot? Fuck no! The stated purpose of these cpcs is to thwart women from having abortions. So why would someone who searches abortion end up at a pro-life org? I think that's what the story is trying to say. It is BULLSHIT that women have to put up w/ this crap. And that's what the legislation is saying. Go Supes! Okay, should Cadillac dealers buy the word “Honda” and when you search “Honda dealership, San Francisco” a Caddy dealer shows up? But you only find out they sell Cadillacs when you get to the lot? Fuck no!

The stated purpose of these cpcs is to thwart women from having abortions. So why would someone who searches abortion end up at a pro-life org? I think that’s what the story is trying to say.

It is BULLSHIT that women have to put up w/ this crap. And that’s what the legislation is saying. Go Supes!

]]> By: Marjorie Murphy Campbell http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2011/09/30/first-resort-is-the-bay-areas-fake-abortion-provider-per-the-bay-area-coalition-for-our-reproductive-rights-bacorr/#comment-96039 Marjorie Murphy Campbell Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:39:56 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/?p=35552#comment-96039 I completely agree that Google should give you answers you want. But Google sells "keywords" ... so, say I have a great product to help you stop smoking, Google will sell me the term "cigarette" or "smoking" or ... whatever I will pay for. So, if I am trying to reach people who want an abortion or who don't want an abortion, or who want to know if abortion is their best choice, or who want to sell abortions, or who want to provide an abortion alternative, Google is happy to sell each of those providers the keyword "abortion" for a price. And then Google decides how to sort and post in response to your search or my search "abortion san francisco" .... I think the gripe is with Google. Maybe the City should sue Google for misleading search results .... Let's all co-exist ... don't lie about each other, offer the services you hold dear and give WOMEN CHOICE. I completely agree that Google should give you answers you want. But Google sells “keywords” … so, say I have a great product to help you stop smoking, Google will sell me the term “cigarette” or “smoking” or … whatever I will pay for. So, if I am trying to reach people who want an abortion or who don’t want an abortion, or who want to know if abortion is their best choice, or who want to sell abortions, or who want to provide an abortion alternative, Google is happy to sell each of those providers the keyword “abortion” for a price. And then Google decides how to sort and post in response to your search or my search “abortion san francisco” …. I think the gripe is with Google. Maybe the City should sue Google for misleading search results …. Let’s all co-exist … don’t lie about each other, offer the services you hold dear and give WOMEN CHOICE.

]]> By: sfcitizen http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2011/09/30/first-resort-is-the-bay-areas-fake-abortion-provider-per-the-bay-area-coalition-for-our-reproductive-rights-bacorr/#comment-95993 sfcitizen Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:27:11 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/?p=35552#comment-95993 I don't know, if they don't have abortion as an option, then they shouldn't pay money to Google to have their name show up on searches from people who are considering abortion as an alternative, right? I don’t know, if they don’t have abortion as an option, then they shouldn’t pay money to Google to have their name show up on searches from people who are considering abortion as an alternative, right?

]]> By: Tim Conlan http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2011/09/30/first-resort-is-the-bay-areas-fake-abortion-provider-per-the-bay-area-coalition-for-our-reproductive-rights-bacorr/#comment-95992 Tim Conlan Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:23:14 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/?p=35552#comment-95992 Wow, is this really a blow away investigation. I mean there is this voice of Amber on the telephone of the First Resort group on the 20th of September who does not really know too much about the kiind of abortions that they may do, but says call back the next day. Then the next day someone calls to say no such Amber works there. So what does all that prove? For me it just proves this is not a report that is going to convince anyone one way or the other. The next bit of information is that First Resort is on the list of groups that pro life organizations recommend. Now I don't know that being pro-life is a violation of any ordinance. The point is that you have to prove they actually do false advertising and that is the point that is not proven here. How groups show up on the internet is not an expertise of mine. Maybe a base ball hat company shows up under athletics. I am not sure about those things, but if their advertising tells you they are do not do abortions, then what more do you want. This is a witch hunt if I ever saw one. Wow, is this really a blow away investigation. I mean there is this voice of Amber on the telephone of the First Resort group on the 20th of September who does not really know too much about the kiind of abortions that they may do, but says call back the next day. Then the next day someone calls to say no such Amber works there. So what does all that prove? For me it just proves this is not a report that is going to convince anyone one way or the other. The next bit of information is that First Resort is on the list of groups that pro life organizations recommend. Now I don’t know that being pro-life is a violation of any ordinance. The point is that you have to prove they actually do false advertising and that is the point that is not proven here. How groups show up on the internet is not an expertise of mine. Maybe a base ball hat company shows up under athletics. I am not sure about those things, but if their advertising tells you they are do not do abortions, then what more do you want. This is a witch hunt if I ever saw one.

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