Anti-Abortion Lobby
Abortion Bans and the Anti-Abortion Movement’s Disability Hypocrisy
The anti-abortion movement routinely uses and abuses disability to justify abortion bans. As anti-abortion groups position themselves as saviors, they simultaneously ignore that people with disabilities need access to abortion care and how forcing pregnancy can exacerbate existing disabilities or lead to new ones.
Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration: A Pseudoscientific, Paternalistic Bid To Ban Medication Abortion Care
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April 3, 2024 Update
SCOTUS heard oral arguments for FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine on March 26, 2024, with a decision likely to be released in June. Importantly, SCOTUS will hear cert petitions from the FDA and Mifeprex manufacturer Danco Laboratories, but not the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. Due to a stay issued by the U.S.
Even More Reasons Why Anti-Abortion Centers Are a Threat to Our Communities: AAC and Allied Organizations’ Activity Since Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
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Background
Anti-abortion centers (AACs) exist solely to deter pregnant people from receiving abortions and comprehensive reproductive health care.
Seven Reasons Why Anti-Abortion Centers Are a Problem, Not a Solution
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Background
On December 1, 2021, the Supreme Court will hear arguments for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The case will weigh a Mississippi abortion ban and call into question the future of Roe v. Wade. In anticipation of Roe being overturned and abortion clinics subsequently being forced to close, anti-abortion centers (AACs) claim they are ready to absorb the burdens of people forced to carry a pregnancy to term.
Unelected Lawmakers: Public Records Show How One Anti-Abortion Group Wields Extensive Power Over Arizona Policy
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After multiple failed attempts to pass state funding for anti-abortion centers (AACs) (also known as crisis pregnancy centers, or CPCs), Arizona state legislators tucked a line-item appropriation of $1.5 million for a "family health pilot program" for the fiscal year 2021–2022 into one of the state’s annual budget bills, which was recently signed into law on June 30, 2021, by Governor Doug Ducey.
Mapping Deception: A Closer Look at How States’ Anti-Abortion Center Programs Operate
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Introduction
As of spring 2021, more than 2,500 anti-abortion centers, or AACs, (sometimes called “crisis pregnancy centers,” “CPCs,” or “pregnancy resource centers”) exist in the US. These AACs aim to deter people seeking abortions from receiving the medically accurate, non-judgmental healthcare they need.
How January 2021's Terrorism at the U.S. Capitol is Inextricably Linked to the Anti-Abortion Movement
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On Wednesday, January 27, 2021, in the aftermath of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building, the Department of Homeland Security issued a terrorist alert warning of “ideologically-motivated violent extremists” who are fueled by false narratives and possess the ongoing ability to incite violence.
The Heritage Foundation and Family Research Council: Mirror Images of Hate
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The Heritage Foundation and Family Research Council: Mirror Images of Hate
The Heritage Foundation is fond of branding itself as a think tank of establishment conservatives. In reality, Heritage regularly spouts hateful ideas that are detrimental to LGBTQ individuals, women, people of color and low-income workers.