apnews.com | By Sarah Fowler | Aug 25, 2018
This article compares abortion clinics and CPCs, highlighting the differences in the services they provide, their approaches to patient care, and their missions.
Last Week Tonight | John Oliver | 2018
In this segment of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver sheds light on CPCs’ missions to prevent abortions without providing adequate support to pregnant people. He demonstrates CPCs’ deceptive nature through clips of CPC directors expressing their organizations’ missions, namely to convince people not to have abortions.
huffpost.com | By Laura Bassett | Nov 13, 2017
This article provides a brief explanation of what Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) are as well as their history in the United States, dating back to the 1960s.
thedailybeast.com | By Marlow Stern | May 13, 2019
Vox.com | By Anna North | Oct 29, 2019
All the early gestational age abortion bans passed this year have been blocked in the courts. However, as these laws work their way through the court system, they have the potential to have major ramifications for abortion access nationally.
theguardian.com | By Adrian Horton | Apr 24, 2019
Using terminology like “heartbeat” bill is medically inaccurate. This article demonstrates the risks of using this language in policy and legislation.
ACOG.org | Jan 18, 2017
In this statement, issued in 2017, the American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology opposes 6 week abortion bans, citing patient safety and asserting that this legislation is unconstitutional under Roe v. Wade.
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Today, Explained (podcast)
This podcast delves into the details of Alabama’s complete abortion ban, which does not include exceptions for rape and incest, threatens physicians with up to 99 years in prison for providing abortion care, as well as other extreme measures. This abortion ban has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge as of October 2019.
Guttmacher.org | Jan 1, 2020
This is a live page that tracks state regulation by gestational age. They also provide information about whether legislation is in effect or has been temporarily or permanently enjoined by court order.
Guttmacher.org | By Elizabeth Nash | May 30, 2019
This page contains useful information about the 6 week bans introduced in 2019, including their trajectory through state court proceedings in their respective states.
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