Massachusetts became one of the few states to legalize abortion care throughout pregnancy. Only nine other states and Washington, D.C. allow abortion care after 24 weeks.
150 to 200 people marched through the streets of Atlanta to Hurt Park, which is across the street from the #CuraFakeClinic. We then spoke truth to power. Our message is that we want anti-abortion clinics to own who they really are, and stop misleading and shaming people who are seeking abortions.
A fake clinic's presentation of a women’s options is biased at best, insidious at worst, and certainly a waste of taxpayer resources.
Fake clinics, known as crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) operate under the guise of providing medical care and social services so they can dissuade women from seeking abortions.
If the mission of these crisis pregnancy centers is to provide healthcare for pregnant women then why didn’t their signs try to defend the healthcare services they allegedly provide?
In Missouri, anti-abortion fake clinics are unregulated by state or local law.
On September 24, Thrive, one of St. Louis’ largest crisis pregnancy centers, had a high-dollar fundraiser featuring a guest speaker from the Radiance Foundation, infamous for rhetoric targeting Black women.