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bebinn: How To Identify Crisis Pregnancy Centers Crisis...

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:43:03 -0400

How To Identify Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Crisis pregnancy centers, or pregnancy resource centers, disguise themselves as medical facilities, but usually have no licensed doctors, nurses or counselors. They often appear under “Abortion Alternatives,” and may have names similar to abortion clinics nearby in order to confuse patients into entering their buildings instead of the real clinics.

Once you enter a CPC, their mission is to prevent you from getting an abortion at any cost. They will use misleading language, delay tactics, emotional manipulation, intimidation, and outright lies to either persuade you against abortion or to make you miss your appointment. The worst part? It’s all completely legal and funded by federal dollars.

CPCs do their best to appear as legitimate abortion clinics, so how can you tell which is which? Here is a list of red flags for CPCs:

The words “crisis” or “resource” appear in the center’s name

Their ads use language like “Pregnant & Scared?”

They offer free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds

When asked if they provide abortions or contraception, they will not give a direct answer

The waiting room has biased pamphlets, sometimes with graphic pictures labeled as abortions

They attempt to make you feel guilty about considering abortion

They offer baby items, such as diapers and formula

They downplay the effectiveness of contraception and emphasize abstinence

They emphasize the dangers of abortion (Fact: fewer than 0.3% of patients experience complications requiring hospitalization)

They discuss the false connections between abortion and breast cancer, infertility, or mental illness, often referred to as post-abortion stress syndrome

Regardless of how you talk about the pregnancy, they refer to “your baby,” the “preborn child,” “post-abortive women,” and say that you are “already a mother.”

More on CPCs

How to Identify CPCs

Beware of Fake Clinics

Crisis Pregnancy Centers: An Affront to Choice

CPC Warning Stickers

A list of licensed abortion clinics in the United States can be found on the Abortion Assistance Blog.

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lookin good, rider strong

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“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is...

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“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.” – Billy, age 4

“Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.” – Chrissy, age 6

“When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.” – Karen, age 7

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"When liberal whites fail to understand how they can and/or do embody white-supremacist values and..."

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“When liberal whites fail to understand how they can and/or do embody white-supremacist values and beliefs even though they may not embrace racism as prejudice or domination (especially domination that involves coercive control), they cannot recognize the ways their actions support and affirm the very structure of racist domination and oppression that they profess to wish to see eradicated.”

- bell hooks, overcoming white supremacy: a comment (via sister-bell)

theskepticdervish: What Kind of Asian Are You My aunt posted...

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theskepticdervish:

What Kind of Asian Are You

My aunt posted this on facebook. Fuckin died almost

WHY IS THIS NOT VIRAL YET?

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peachgrl:

warrior princess looks for summer~

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GOD yes.

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GOD yes.

me when I first got my tumblr: cries because I don't know what to do

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me when I first got my tumblr: *cries because I don't know what to do*
me now: *cries because this is all I do*

"I went to a number of women’s groups and said ‘Can you help us find folks?’ and they brought us..."

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““I went to a number of women’s groups and said ‘Can you help us find folks?’ and they brought us whole binders full of women.””

- Sylvia Plath (via incorrectsylviaplathquotes)

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