More and more pregnancy care centers are dealing with situations where a pregnant minor does not want to have an abortion, but her parents are pressuring her to get one. Many daughters feel coerced against their will by their parents to choose abortion. PCCs need to support the minor in her decision...

The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) is a federal law that regulates the resale/redistribution of used consumer products. This law applies to pregnancy resource centers (PRCs) that distribute used items to clients through Earn While You Learn and similar programs. It is unlawf...

Beginning in 2009 every Pregnancy Resource Center/Clinic will be required by the Internal Revenue Service to file a new revised Form 990-Informational Tax Return. NIFLA wants to prepare you for what new items will be required on this return.The IRS is now inquiring about whether non-profit tax-exemp...

In the pregnancy help center/clinic setting, there are times when minors seeking our assistance may have questions about emancipation from their parents. Answers to questions regarding obtaining medical care, child support, and material assistance many times depend upon whether or not the client/pat...

Pregnancy Resource Centers/Clinics exist to provide alternatives to abortion and provide life-affirming choices to abortion-minded and abortion-vulnerable women. At the core of this mission is also the need to present to clientele the message of the gospel. Every client/patient of a PRC has a deep s...

The law has long acknowledged that minors do not have the same maturity and capacity as adults to make many decisions. Areas where a minor's rights traditionally have been limited include: voting, driving an automobile, drinking alcohol, getting married, obtaining a tattoo, body piercing, and enteri...

Most pregnancy help centers and clinics have a referral list of obstetricians/gynecologists that they provide to their clients or patients for follow-up care. The centers and clinics want to guarantee that the doctor to whom they are referring will not unravel all of their hard work and steer the pa...