Talking about #abortion https://twitter.com/hashtag/abortion?src=hashtag_click, #Libertarians https://twitter.com/hashtag/Libertarians?src=hashtag_click often note that while most of us are #ProChoice https://twitter.com/hashtag/ProChoice?src=hashtag_click and support #AbortionRights https://twitter.com/hashtag/AbortionRights?src=hashtag_click, no one who believes the procedure immoral should be forced to help fund it. #Forcing https://twitter.com/hashtag/Forcing?src=hashtag_click you to #subsidize https://twitter.com/hashtag/subsidize?src=hashtag_click things that #violate https://twitter.com/hashtag/violate?src=hashtag_click your #values https://twitter.com/hashtag/values?src=hashtag_click/#beliefs https://twitter.com/hashtag/beliefs?src=hashtag_click is unethical. 1/6
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But while #controversial <https://twitter.com/hashtag/controversial?src=hashtag_click> #abortion <https://twitter.com/hashtag/abortion?src=hashtag_click> #subsidies <https://twitter.com/hashtag/subsidies?src=hashtag_click> are much discussed, it's less well known that #taxpayer <https://twitter.com/hashtag/taxpayer?src=hashtag_click> money has gone to “#FakeClinics <https://twitter.com/hashtag/FakeClinics?src=hashtag_click>” which do NOT provide abortions, but seek to persuade or scare #women <https://twitter.com/hashtag/women?src=hashtag_click> out of terminating #pregnancy <https://twitter.com/hashtag/pregnancy?src=hashtag_click>. A few stories: 2/6
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CPCs Lie - We Are UltraViolet <https://t.co/r08yLydOtm>
These people who unknowingly visited a Crisis Pregnancy Center (CPC). Instead of getting proper medical care from medical <https://t.co/r08yLydOtm>
Often called by names like #PregnancyResourceCenter https://twitter.com/hashtag/PregnancyResourceCenter?src=hashtag_click, there were around 3000 such anti-abortion “clinics” nationwide BEFORE the #SuperemeCourt https://twitter.com/hashtag/SuperemeCourt?src=hashtag_click’s recent #Dobbs https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dobbs?src=hashtag_click decision, compared to about 800 legitimate abortion providers (some of which are now being forced to close). 3/6
Run by #AntiAbortion <https://twitter.com/hashtag/AntiAbortion?src=hashtag_click> activists and offering few if any actual #MedicalServices <https://twitter.com/hashtag/MedicalServices?src=hashtag_click>, the #FakeClinics <https://twitter.com/hashtag/FakeClinics?src=hashtag_click> typically describe #abortion <https://twitter.com/hashtag/abortion?src=hashtag_click> procedures in gruesome detail, play up risks, and try to steer women toward other options. They may not identify as anti-abortion on their websites. 4/6
#FakeClinics https://twitter.com/hashtag/FakeClinics?src=hashtag_click have existed since 1967 according to
@UltraViolet https://twitter.com/UltraVioletnewspaper, but – unlike real abortion clinics, which AREN’T eligible for #federal https://twitter.com/hashtag/federal?src=hashtag_click funds – many get grants to provide “#AbstinenceOnlyEducation https://twitter.com/hashtag/AbstinenceOnlyEducation?src=hashtag_click”, for which the paper blames #BillClinton https://twitter.com/hashtag/BillClinton?src=hashtag_click. 5/6
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by Kate After the leaked supreme kkkourt tentative ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, I went to a demonstration in Seattle, where I live. On the way home, I sat on the train next to several women a li… https://t.co/Og5KADmJCL
In #Texas <https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texas?src=hashtag_click> alone, according to a website dedicated to exposing them, #FakeAbortionClinics <https://twitter.com/hashtag/FakeAbortionClinics?src=hashtag_click> have received an estimated $170 million in #taxpayer <https://twitter.com/hashtag/taxpayer?src=hashtag_click> funds since 2016. Sometimes money intended to fund #FoodStamps <https://twitter.com/hashtag/FoodStamps?src=hashtag_click> has even been diverted to them. 6/6
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Expose Fake Clinics
Expose Fake Clinics shares the deceptive practices of fake reproductive health centers, and invites people to take action to protect pregnant folks from harmful deception.
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