The following were not eligible to be included in CPC Map:
- Mobile centers: These centers cannot be reliably pinpointed or geolocated.
- Adoption agencies and maternity homes: These sites primarily serve people who have already decided to give birth and are not CPCs.
- Thrift stores, administrative offices, and call centers: These sites may support CPCs but do not directly provide pregnancy tests, information to influence pregnancy decisions, or other services to people seeking reproductive healthcare.
Data Collection
We used the following strategies to document newly identified centers since CPC Map’s last major update:
- Center locators maintained by anti-abortion organizations
- Standard internet searches by state
- Client-facing websites of CPCs already included in the CPC Map database
- Crowd-sourced suggestions that CPC Map users submitted to us
New locations that met our eligibility criteria and were not already known were added to the existing CPC Map database.
Using standard protocols, trained research assistants then reviewed each CPC’s client-facing website to confirm its current eligibility, address, and service information. Research assistants called CPCs that did not have a website, or centers with a website that did not clearly specify their address, provision of free pregnancy tests, or availability of onsite limited ultrasounds. CPCs that provided limited ultrasounds or advertised STI or HIV testing on their websites were categorized as providing limited medical services. Those that did not were categorized as providing pregnancy tests and information only.
Data Limitations
Although standard protocols were used, CPC Map is dependent on the accuracy of publicly available information about centers and their locations. Although we receive crowd-sourced suggestions year-round, the interactive map is not comprehensively updated constantly, and we cannot guarantee the completeness and accuracy of CPC Map.
