Dr. Francis has built a career out of spreading disinformation—such as wrongly claiming that hormonal contraception causes abortion.
However, it's hard to believe that an organization with Bethany’s history and financial interest in expanding fostering and adoption is solely concerned with the welfare of children separated from their families by the Trump administration.
Their talking points are framed in language that makes them seem progressive and even pro-woman, when in reality, everything perfectly aligns with their agenda to close ranks around restricting abortion access and reinforcing stigma.
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.
This installment is an interview with Bonyen Lee-Gilmore, member of Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s advocacy media team.
Missouri takes money from programs to assist poor people and gives those funds to shady anti-abortion fake clinics that exist to talk women out of having abortions. For our solidarity action in front of Thrive, Reproaction called this outrageous practice out and demanded accountability.
Reproaction has begun work in Arkansas to highlight and address maternal and infant health, seeking to learn stories from women across the state. These problems are massive, complicated, and require us to work together at every level – from policymakers to community organizations – to create change.
They've said it countless times, both in efforts to diminish the work of early feminists and to bolster an argument for “pro-life feminism,” which isn’t even a thing. But recent comments made by the President of Human Coalition – a chain of anti-abortion fake clinics – struck a nerve.
Conflating our work means that we lose our nuance as a movement, we lose valuable perspectives, and limit our outcomes unnecessarily. Working in solidarity is what makes our movement a force to be reckoned with.
Reproaction is increasing awareness of anti-abortion fake clinics in Arkansas because until now, the more than 40 fake clinics in the state have worked mostly under the radar.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has fallen especially victim to this, as conservatives view a person's right to health and personal autonomy for themselves and their families as an increasingly political act.