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class="tncms-block"></div></div> <div id="blox-story"> <h1>REGION: Mobile ultrasound latest tool in anti-abortion effort </h1> <p class="sub-headline">Pregnancy Resource Center takes unit around to several North Countysites</p> <ul id="blox-body-nav"> <li><a class="selected" href="/news/local/sdcounty/article_f7250502-de18-5a2b-98b0-082e72cde13b.html?mode=story"><span>Story</span></a></li> <li><a href="/news/local/sdcounty/article_f7250502-de18-5a2b-98b0-082e72cde13b.html?mode=comments"><span>Discussion</span></a></li> </ul> <p class="byline">By PAUL SISSON - psisson@nctimes.com | Posted: March 7, 2010 8:58 pm | <a id="comment_z6581ec66f6d0e0da882576dc0061a705" class="blox-comment" href="/news/local/sdcounty/article_f7250502-de18-5a2b-98b0-082e72cde13b.html?mode=comments">Loading…</a> | <a class="moz-border" href="/news/local/sdcounty/article_f7250502-de18-5a2b-98b0-082e72cde13b.html?print=1" onClick="javascript:window.open(this.href, 'print-page', 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href="http://pictopia.com/perl/ptp/nctimes?photo_name=f7250502-de18-5a2b-98b0-082e72cde13b&title=&t_url=http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/nctimes.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/4/8e/2fa/48e2fa4f-7938-5cd2-b22d-f572d132b468.image.jpg?_dc=1268024871&fs_url=&pps=buynow" rel="external"><img src="global/resources/images/buy-photo.gif" alt="buy this photo" /></a> <span id="gallery-byline"></span> <span id="gallery-cutline">Kimberly Regnier provides a free ultrasound in the mobile unit that the Vista-based Pregnancy Resource Center and the national nonprofit Image Clear Ultrasound operate in North County. (Photo by John Koster - Staff Photographer)</span> <span class="clear"></span> </p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div><div class="clear"></div> </div><div id="blox-story-text"> <p>Getting a sonogram used to mean visiting a doctor's office, buta North County mobile ultrasound unit is roaming where the peopleare and offering free ultrasounds to any pregnant woman who stopsby.</p> <p>The program is funded by a Vista-based nonprofit group calledthe Pregnancy Resource Center, in partnership with a nationaleffort led by the nonprofit organization Image ClearUltrasound.</p> <p>Both are Christian-led groups whose leaders say the service fitswith their mission to help women in crisis pregnancies and providethem with alternatives to abortion.</p> <p>in North County, the mobile unit ---- a large motor home withequipment and a trained ultrasound technician inside ---- has beenavailable for almost two years.</p> <p>It makes the rounds in several communities, accompanied by anA-frame sign that says "free pregnancy ultrasound."</p> <p>Kimberly Regnier, the center's ultrasound manager, said theagency provided 191 free ultrasounds to women over the past yearand that 94 percent of those women said they would choose to keeptheir babies.</p> <p>an ultrasound uses the reflections of high-frequency sound wavesto form an image of inside the body, an effective way to observefetal growth.</p> <p>Regnier said women are often surprised at the details that canbe picked up by an ultrasound, even relatively early inpregnancy.</p> <p>"I can't tell you how many of them are so shocked that theystart crying," Regnier said.</p> <p>Image Clear Ultrasound operates seven of the motor home-basedclinics nationwide.</p> <p>on its Web site, the organization says that "at least 80 percentof abortion-minded women change their minds when they see theirunborn baby on ultrasound."</p> <p>however, critics, such as officials at planned Parenthood, saythe motive behind the mobile ultrasound program makes the servicesuspect.</p> <p>planned Parenthood describes itself on its Web site as a trustedprovider of reproductive health care and a passionate advocate forwomen's reproductive rights.</p> <p>Vince Hall, vice president of communications with PlannedParenthood San Diego, said he considers the mobile ultrasoundapproach a "coercive" way of fighting abortion.</p> <p>He said that the sign on the mobile unit should make it clear towomen that they are not entering a medical clinic on wheels, butrather accepting services from a group created to preventabortion.</p> <p>"It's misleading and it's unethical to advertise yourself as aquasimedical resource center when your entire operation is guidedby only one thing," Hall said.</p> <p>indeed, the word "abortion" is not visible to those who drive bythe mobile ultrasound operation.</p> <p><strong>Making the rounds</strong></p> <p>The ultrasound unit makes regular stops at high-traffic areasthroughout North County.</p> <p>on Mondays, motorists might notice it at Mission Avenue andFreeman Street in Oceanside.</p> <p>Tuesdays, it's in Vista at Hacienda and Emerald drives, justsouth of Highway 78.</p> <p>on Wednesdays, it appears near the Turning Point PregnancyResource Center in Mira Mesa, and on Thursdays it's in San Marcos,outside Birth Choice, another Christian pregnancy counselingenterprise, on South Rancho Santa Fe Road.</p> <p>Jamie Hay, executive director of the Pregnancy Resource Center,said most of the women scanned by the mobile ultrasound are "incrisis" and are considering abortion.</p> <p>"Many of them think that they have no other choice, but we showthem what all of their options are, including adoption andabortion," Hay said.</p> <p>She said the organization's religious beliefs are not forced onany woman who wants a free ultrasound, but each is asked whethershe has a religion.</p> <p>those who say they do are offered a prayer session at the end ofthe exam.</p> <p>Hall, the planned Parenthood official, said he does not believethat women served by the operation are given an unbiased view oftheir options.</p> <p>He said several national studies have shown that most pregnancyresource centers nationwide skew information on the consequences ofabortion.</p> <p>"We just feel that women deserve to know that there are placesto go, like planned Parenthood, where they can go for bias-free,medically accurate counseling," Hall said.</p> <p><strong>Additional services</strong></p> <p>in the mobile ultrasound center, pregnancy tests are also givenfree, as well as literature on how abortion works.</p> <p>Women are also made aware of government programs that can offereverything from free diapers to free child care so that they canstay in school, Hay said.</p> <p>She said the entire approach is designed to be educational andnot judgmental, regardless of outcome.</p> <p>"We do have clients who still choose abortion, and we let themknow that, if they do, we will be here for them afterward," Haysaid.</p> <p>Pregnancy Resource Center received a $50,000 communitydevelopment grant from San Diego County Supervisor Bill Horn in2007 to help pay for the equipment and another similar size grantfrom a Texas-based charity.</p> <p>All of its ultrasound workers are volunteers.</p> <p>Hay said that most of the women who come to the mobileultrasound vehicle are alone, or with a friend ---- few bring theirboyfriends or husbands.</p> <p>Still, when couples do come in together, the women may reactwith tears to the ultrasound image, while the male reaction isusually one of protectiveness, Regnier said.</p> <p>She recalled one young man who came in saying he would supporthis girlfriend's decision either way.</p> <p>"After he saw the ultrasound, he said, 'We can do this. I'mgoing to work more hours, and I'm going to get you on myinsurance,'" she said.</p> <p>call staff writer Paul Sisson at 760-901-4087.</p> </div><p class="story-keywords moz-border"> Posted in <a class="tn-tag-link" href="/news/local/sdcounty">Sdcounty</a> on <em> Sunday, March 7, 2010 8:58 pm <span>Updated: 11:06 pm.</span> </em> | Tags: <a class="tn-tag-link" href="/topic/?q=top&t=&l=25&d=&d1=&d2=&f=html&s=&sd=asc">Top</a>, <a class="tn-tag-link" href="/topic/?q=nct&t=&l=25&d=&d1=&d2=&f=html&s=&sd=asc">Nct</a>, <a class="tn-tag-link" href="/topic/?q=news&t=&l=25&d=&d1=&d2=&f=html&s=&sd=asc">News</a>, <a class="tn-tag-link" href="/topic/?q=regional&t=&l=25&d=&d1=&d2=&f=html&s=&sd=asc">Regional</a>, <a class="tn-tag-link" href="/topic/?q=san diego&t=&l=25&d=&d1=&d2=&f=html&s=&sd=asc">San Diego</a>, <a class="tn-tag-link" href="/topic/?q=health&t=&l=25&d=&d1=&d2=&f=html&s=&sd=asc">Health</a> </p> <div class="hide"><script type="text/javascript" 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This Oscar weekend, be sure to stay tuned to <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news">MTV News</a>, <a href="http://moviesblog.mtv.com/">MTV Movies Blog</a> and <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/">Hollywood Crush</a>, all of which will be bringing you wall-to-wall coverage of the red carpet, the show, the after parties and everything in between. Meanwhile, keep thinking about who else needs to go home on "American Idol" and be sure to get your submissions in for <a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/03/05/311-day-contest-video/">our big 311 contest</a>. </p><p>In between doing all that, check out everything you might have missed on the MTV Newsroom Blog this week, including stories about Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, "The Tonight show," "Dancing With the Stars" and Ke$ha. </p><p>» The top headline of this week belonged to Crystal Bowersox, who was nearly disqualified from "American Idol" after having to go to the hospital. but then she staged <a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/03/04/crystal-bowersox-performance/">one of the greatest musical comebacks of all time</a>. </p><p>» The week opened with the end of the 2010 Winter Olympics, and we got an <a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/03/01/winter-olympics-closing-ceremony/">exclusive report from one of the dancers who performed during the closing ceremony</a>. we miss you already, Olympics. See you in London in 2012. </p><p>» The new cast of "Dancing With the Stars" was announced this week, and though the producers <a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/03/01/dancing-with-the-stars-cast/">didn't take any of our advice</a>, they still managed to draft <a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/03/02/dancing-with-the-stars-lineup/">an interesting group of people</a>. of course, <a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/03/02/dancing-with-the-stars-buzz-aldrin/">we're rooting for Buzz Aldrin</a>. </p><p>» It was a big birthday week, as <a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/03/01/kesha-birthday/">Ke$ha blew out some candles on a cake</a>. </p><p>» Justin Bieber turned 16 years old on Monday, so we laid out <a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/03/01/justin-bieber-birthday/">the 16 reasons why we love him</a>. </p><p>» and because Ke$ha and Bieber share a birthday, we decided <a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/03/01/justin-bieber-kesha-birthday/">to mash the two up</a>.<br /><span id="more-25881"></span><br />» "The Tonight Show" came back this week, and as it turns out, <a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/03/02/the-tonight-show-with-jay-leno/">Jay Leno is doing the exact same show he's always done</a>. </p><p>» While Leno was hosting a show, rival Conan O'Brien was busy on Twitter, a project <a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/03/02/conan-obrien-twitter-pierce-brosnan/">Pierce Brosnan totally endorses</a>. </p><p>» This week saw the debut of "Popology," in which we'll be taking a look at a modern pop classic. we opened with <a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/03/03/britney-spears-baby-one-more-time/">Britney Spears' <i>...Baby One more Time</i></a>. </p><p>» after hearing that Gavin DeGraw song <i>again</i> on "American Idol," we decided that <a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/03/03/american-idol-i-dont-want-to-be/">it needs to lead the list of the show's "retired" tunes</a>. </p><p>» Sarah Palin is supposedly shopping around a television show, and because we're extremely helpful, <a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/03/04/sarah-palin-reality-show/">we pitched her five totally workable ideas</a>. </p><p>» If anybody at MTV News got elected to the highest office in the country, <a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/03/05/jay-z-beyonce-barack-obama/">we would totally invite Jay-Z and Beyoncé over too</a>. </p><p>» Guru from Gang Starr is trying to build his health back up, so we took a look back at <a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/03/04/guru-gang-starr-interview/">a classic interview with him and DJ Premier</a>. </p><p>» Finally, you owe it to yourself to watch <a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/03/04/ok-go-video/">the "Frame by Frame" of OK Go's "This too Shall Pass" video</a>. 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