Texas Attorney General Sues Yelp Over Crisis Pregnancy Centers

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued online business review site Yelp yesterday. Paxton claims the company violated Texas's deceptive trade practices act in what the Texas A calls inaccurate and misleading language on its crisis pregnancy center listings. The Yelp notices state this is a crisis pregnancy center crisis, pregnancy centers do not offer abortions or referrals to abortion providers. Well, Yelp preemptively filed its own lawsuit on Wednesday to protect its right to tell users that crisis pregnancy centers listed on the site do not provide abortions or abortion referrals. Yelp said it began putting notices on crisis pregnancy centers in August of 2022 when the company found the centers were leading people seeking an abortion to anti abortion counseling services.