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Abortion is Healthcare

Abortion is Healthcare

Abortion is a considerable decision. Pregnant people deserve the best available medical care, and access to objective, reproductive services.

In the United States, there are several centers that are not medically licensed to support these decisions for women, rather steering women away from the proper resources and access. In addition to the lack of proper medical care, Crisis Pregnancy Centers are often using technology to block and collect information of a patient to redirect towards their clinics. 

Our intent is to help you understand what to look out for to avoid misinformation, along with providing you access to appropriate resources.

Beware of Deception

CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS (CPC) are anti-abortion organizations that seek to reach low-income people facing unintended pregnancies to prevent them from accessing abortion and contraception. CPCs advance this mission by using deceptive and coercive tactics and medical misinformation and misleadingly presenting themselves as medical facilities. The modern CPC industry, a well-resourced arm of the global anti-abortion movement, is rapidly expanding while evading public accountability, despite increasing reliance on public funds.

—via the ALLIANCE | STUDY OF THE CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER INDUSTRY IN NINE STATES

What to look for:

  • CPCs provide virtually no medical care
  • CPCs routinely promote false medical claims and deceptive practices
  • State funded CPCs are more harmful than privately funded centers
  • CPCs appear to be local but are a part of a global anti-abortion network
  • CPCs take advantage of financial insecurity and inadequate support to vulnerable pregant people

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Authorized Abortion Clinics in New Mexico

University of New Mexico Center for Reproductive Health

Southwestern Women’s Options

Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, Inc.

Women’s Reproductive Clinic of New Mexico

Full Circle Health Center


Information on Clinics and Resources:

AbortionFinder.org

AVOW


Abortion Funds:

New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

Lilith Fund
Helps people pay for an abortion when they can’t afford it

Fund Texas Choice
Serves pregnant people who are seeking abortion-related services and information

Indigenous Women Rising


Articles and Resources

Designed to Deceive

Designed to Deceive: New Mexico State Findings

The CPC Industry as a Surveillance
Tool of the Post-Roe State

The 19th: Crisis pregnancy centers’ ultrasounds are free. But are they accurate?

Buzzfeed: Experts Say Crisis Pregnancy Centers Could Spy On And Report Women Seeking An Abortion

Salon: Anti-abortion movement’s big plan: Supercharged “crisis pregnancy centers” and data harvesting

Ms. Magazine: Modern CPCs are plugged into the global anti-abortion movement’s sophisticated digital infrastructure, which facilitates expansion, client surveillance, and systemic, coordinated promotion of anti-abortion disinformation.

Jezebel: Crisis Pregnancy Centers Are Spying on Pregnant People, New Study Says

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