Beware: Anti-Abortion Ultrasound Vans Appearing in Fremont County, likely elsewhere

Don’t be fooled: Elevation Women’s Healthcare’s mobile ultrasound van traveling throughout Fremont County and reportedly appearing in Lander every Thursday is not about providing unbiased medical care or accurate abortion information to pregnant women. Their goal is to stop pregnant women from obtaining abortion care.

Elevation WHC is what’s known as a crisis pregnancy center and appears to be affiliated with Care Net, a “ministry” with a “laser-like focus” on stopping abortion. Care Net recently merged with a mobile ultrasound organization so now they are sending out mobile units to attract more people to their anti-abortion work.

The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG) has issued a brief about crisis pregnancy centers warning of their misleading practices including asserting false risks of abortion, overstating the gestational age of a fetus in an ultrasound, advertising online using the words “abortion clinic” despite not providing abortion, falsely representing themselves as medical clinics by selecting names sounding like medical clinics, or misrepresenting their volunteers and non-medical staff as clinicians by having them wear lab coats or provide ultrasounds. 

ACOG also warns that these centers are a threat to public health by lacking privacy, security and accountability; targeting vulnerable communities; spreading medical misinformation; and delaying access to legitimate medical care. See here. 

If you or your loved one wants to be free to  get an abortion – which is legal and available in Wyoming – please go to INEEDANA.CO or CHELSEASFUND.ORG to find out about your real abortion options, including financial support. You do not need an ultrasound prior to getting an abortion.