As doulas reclaim and reshape their role in reproductive health, they challenge the limitations of the traditional medical model by centering empathy, support, and patient autonomy.
Randolph County, North Carolina became the fourth in the state to pass a resolution declaring itself an anti-abortion “sanctuary” within county limits. Resolutions like these are toothless.
Care Net is an anti-abortion fake clinic chain with locations across North America. They use religious manipulation and disinformation to coerce and dissuade pregnant people from getting abortions.
The courts are not the only tool we have to beat back against the plague of anti-abortion fake clinics.
In 2020, anti-abortion fake clinics received more than 4 million dollars from the federal government through the Family and Youth Services Bureau in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) alone.
North Carolina’s 2019 legislative session closed with uncertainty about the fate of Medicaid expansion in the state, along with the fate of the millions of taxpayer dollars that don’t belong in the hands of fake clinics.
Collection of people’s menstrual cycles by anti-abortion state officials as well as anti-abortion organizations is not only a gross overreach, but is also dangerous.
Beyond misunderstanding intersectional feminism, it’s clear that “pro-life” leaders are fanning the flames of gender panic, racial dog whistles, and Christian fundamentalism to shore up their base.
The more society lets ‘pro-life’ extremists get away with advocating hate in the name of Jesus, the more the mainstream conservative movement moves increasingly toward outright fundamentalism.
Groups like the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) have been working for more than two decades to ensure extreme conservative values take priority over the basic rights and civil liberties of Americans.
What it all comes down to is the pervasive and repugnant view that certain people are more deserving of what this country has to offer than others, and those tend to be white, Christian people, especially those who were born (or I guess in Brian’s mind, fertilized) on U.S. soil.