In office buildings in neighborhoods across the state, they bear names as nondescript as their locales: Carolina Pregnancy Center, A Woman's Choices, the Center for Women.

They are anti-abortion programs, and there are eight times as many of them in North Carolina as there are abortion clinics. The pro-life centers have operated quietly for decades, but they are about to be thrust into the spotlight because of two new state laws that will drive funding and clients to them.

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