“Abortion Bots”: Murderous Advice Right from Your Smartphone

Consider a recent article from The Washington Post titled, “The abortion bot will see you now.” This article highlights the release of Charley, an “abortion bot” designed “to help people find accessible health care” (“health care” being a euphemism for killing a baby). Users answer a few simple questions (e.g., “What’s your zip code?”), and “the bot points them toward vetted clinics, telehealth providers or support resources.” But note this bot isn’t just for those in states that allow abortion—the article makes sure to note Charley is being rolled out across the US, “even in states with abortion bans.”

The author of the article highlighting Charley writes,

The Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision striking down the nationwide right to an abortion caused many clinics to close, forcing abortion seekers to travel out of state or hunt for pills online.

Sadly, even after Dobbs, abortions continue by the thousands each day in states all across the US.

The programmers behind this app are encouraging users to find alternative ways to still have an abortion, such as “abortion by mail,” even if it’s banned in their state. And because no state offers unborn children the same legal protection from murder as people who have been born, women can order pills online, kill their unborn baby (assuming the baby is young enough to be killed this way), and face no legal repercussions. So, sadly, even after Dobbs, abortions continue by the thousands each day in states all across the US.

Charley—Helping Women Kill Babies and Get Away with It

It seems that the creators of Charley have anticipated that there may be states that eventually do define unborn babies as persons and therefore apply the law equally to all people (among other scenarios), so they’ve gone to great lengths to ensure anonymity while using their app, urging users to “take some security precautions, particularly if they live in a state with an abortion ban. Be careful whom you tell about your abortion search — friends and family tend to be bigger threats than your digital footprint. If you want to keep your visit to Charley private, delete your search history, use Chrome’s incognito mode or choose a browser that doesn’t store your activity.”

And the article says,

Metadata such as IP address is encrypted immediately and deleted promptly . . . though the organization won’t share the exact time frame to help protect users from law enforcement subpoenas.

Yes, they really do want to do everything they can to end the lives of as many babies as they can . . . but it gets worse!

But Shouldn’t Charley Be . . . Pro-choice?

Those who are pro-abortion stylize themselves as being pro-choice . . . and then do everything they can to ensure women feel like they have no choice but one—abortion. The author of the article on Charley bemoans that:

Google allows crisis pregnancy centers — which often promote parenting or adoption and sometimes disguise themselves as clinics — to pay for sponsored search slots that appear at the top of the page.

But Charley is the answer to the “problem” of women being shown options:

A standard internet search can leave abortion seekers confused and intimidated . . . Charley, by contrast, is a walled garden that only points users toward providers, financial help or psychological support that’s been reviewed by a team of doctors and lawyers . . . For instance, the tool keeps updated information on state abortion limits so users can know exactly how long they have to make a decision and plan their care. (emphasis added)

Yes, pregnancy care centers advertise themselves to women looking for abortion information because they want to offer practical help, hope, and options (like parenting and adoption) to women, but those who are supposedly “pro-choice” don’t want that because they aren’t really about choice, they are about the death of unborn children (and the massive amounts of money they can make from it). And that’s why they are a “walled garden” with only one option—kill your unborn baby (and the message is “you may be running out of time to do so, so hurry up!”). How utterly vile!

Using the Latest Technology for a Different Purpose

Yes, the pro-abortion (pro-death) lobby is doing everything they can to ensure women can kill their babies, including using the latest of technology to get abortion information into women’s hands. But here at the Creation Museum, we’re using the latest technology for a very different purpose—to save unborn lives!

Our Fearfully & Wonderfully Made exhibit is a breathtaking celebration of unborn life that points guests toward the truth of what God’s Word says about the sanctity and value of life.

Our Fearfully & Wonderfully Made exhibit is a breathtaking celebration of unborn life that points guests toward the truth of what God’s Word says about the sanctity and value of life. And we use technologies such as the “Pepper’s ghost effect” to overlay developing systems on our life-size baby models to highlight what is happening inside the womb during the nine months of pregnancy. It’s a spectacular exhibit and incredibly powerful. I encourage you to make plans to come and visit (and check out the resources based on the exhibit for children, teens, and adults, so you can bring this teaching to your area).

It’s tragic to think about what the United States is allowing to take place—not just at abortion clinics but also online abortion providers—and consider the images above from our exhibit. Babies, made in God’s image, who look just like those in the exhibit, are being slaughtered each and every day. May God have mercy, and may his people continue to obey his calling to be a voice for the voiceless.

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Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
Ken

This item was written with the assistance of AiG’s research team.