Today marks the 112th International Women’s Day, a holiday founded in the early 20th century by socialist and labor movements to celebrate the struggle of working-class women, which has always included reproductive justice.
The Reproductive Justice working group of Connecticut DSA invites members to celebrate by taking action against anti-abortion actors in our state, in particular so-called “Crisis Pregnancy Centers” (CPCs) in CT.
CPCs pose as reproductive health clinics but are in fact funded by conservatives to promote an anti-abortion agenda, and are known to lie to patients about the stage of their pregnancy, provide misinformation and lies about abortion and contraception, and pressure patients to make select choices. For example, the St. Gianna Center of New Haven advertises a “medication abortion reversal” service – which is a medically impossible and potentially dangerous procedure.
Pushing false, misleading, and dangerous information and encouraging high-risk procedures, these fake clinics aim to deceive, shame, and ultimately discourage people from getting abortions.
Local anti-abortion CPCs are being listed as “pregnancy counseling” resources alongside legitimate providers by 2-1-1 of Connecticut, a major state-funded social services referral service, on their resources portal. By providing these organizations a platform to advertise, Connecticut is endorsing its very existence and practices and putting vulnerable people at risk.
Take action to get CPCs removed from this platform! We are reporting each CPC listed on the 2-1-1 platform through a form to report issues. This is a quick and simple action you can take to fight against anti-abortion actors in our state!
Follow this link for instructions on how to report CPCs: https://link.ctdsa.org/211campaign