Editing Focus on the Family (section)

===Option Ultrasound Program===
Focus on the Family's Option Ultrasound Program (OUP) provides grants to [[crisis pregnancy centers]] to pay the cost of [[Medical ultrasonography|ultrasound]] machines or sonography training. Focus on the Family began OUP in 2004 with the goal of convincing women not to have abortions. FOTF officials said that ultrasound services help a woman better understand her pregnancy and baby's development, creating an important "bonding opportunity" between "mother and unborn child".<ref>[http://www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_18223160?source=commented-news "Focus: Donations of ultrasound equipment stopped 100,000 abortions since 2004"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814112823/http://www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_18223160?source=commented-news |date=August 14, 2011}}. ''The Denver Post''. Retrieved May 21, 2012.</ref>

In 2011, FOTF announced that they would like to talk with pro-choice groups like [[Planned Parenthood]] to work towards the shared goal of making abortion less common.<ref>[http://www.koaa.com/news/focus-on-the-family-welcomes-unlikely-ally/ Focus on the Family welcomes unlikely ally | koaa.com | Colorado Springs | Pueblo |] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614072600/http://www.koaa.com/news/focus-on-the-family-welcomes-unlikely-ally/ |date=June 14, 2013}}. koaa.com. Retrieved May 21, 2012.</ref> Rep. [[Michele Bachmann]] (R-Minn.) introduced a sonogram bill in 2011 and, citing Focus on the Family, told Congress that "78 percent of women who see and hear the fetal heartbeat choose life." She was later corrected by Focus on the Family, which released a statement saying they did not release such data.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-xpm-2011-oct-23-la-na-bachmann-20111024-story.html Michele Bachmann's misstatements may be catching up to her ] . ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' (October 23, 2011). Retrieved May 21, 2012.</ref>{{ r | AI_Resnick | p=1 | q=Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) introduced a federal mandatory sonogram bill last year and — citing the conservative policy group Focus on the Family — told Congress that "78 percent of women who see and hear the fetal heartbeat choose life." She was later corrected by Focus on the Family, which deemed her statement "inaccurate".}} A study released in February 2012 showed that ultrasounds do not have a direct impact on an abortion decision.<ref name="AI_Resnick">{{cite web |title=Ongoing study shows ultrasounds do not have direct impact on abortion decision |url=http://www.americanindependent.com/210411/ongoing-study-shows-ultrasounds-do-not-have-direct-impact-on-abortion-decision |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219025955/http://www.americanindependent.com/210411/ongoing-study-shows-ultrasounds-do-not-have-direct-impact-on-abortion-decision |archive-date=February 19, 2012 |access-date=April 10, 2014 |publisher=The American Independent |quote=A recently updated report on U.S. pregnancy resource centers (PDF), published by the anti-abortion Family Research Council, indicates that more and more of these centers are being supplied with ultrasound equipment.&nbsp;... Much of the funding for these machines has come from two primary sources: Focus on the Family and the Knights of Columbus, both politically influential religious organizations.}}</ref>