Thread by @erintothemax

Abortion rights folks had been trying to warn you for so long. Because society failed to take the anti-abortion movement (a totalitarian movement) seriously, now it's everyone's problem. Let's settle in for a chat about anti-abortion fake clinics, also now everyone's problem. 🧵

Anti-abortion fake clinics exist to mislead and shame people seeking abortion care. They also form the backbone of the anti-abortion movement's power. Don't be fooled into thinking these are grassrootsy efforts. They are not. (More on that later.)

Anti-abortion fake clinics are often called crisis pregnancy centers, or pregnancy resource centers. Some also call them fake women's health centers or anti-abortion centers. They often choose deceptive names like "A Woman's Choice" to make themselves seem like abortion providers

There are more than 2,600 anti-abortion fake clinics according to @reproaction's Fake Clinic Database. This research is rigorously independently researched by us and updated regularly. reproaction.org/fakeclinicdata…

Following the overturn of Roe v Wade, the anti-abortion movement has made its No. 1 priority to increase public funds for anti-abortion fake clinics. This cannot stand.

Specifically, I want to highlight this very important new report from @NCRP because it made the hair on my arms stand on end when I learned of these findings. Please read this entire thread from them.

https://twitter.com/NCRP/status/1550142059373363202

Given the lobbying of #BigProLife, anti-abortion fake clinics are poised to expand dramatically in states with anti-abortion legislatures. There are already more than 2,600 in all 50 states. This is everyone's problem if you care about democracy and individual freedoms.

In essence, anti-abortion fake clinics are right-wing organizing structures tied to the totalitarian movement in this country, operating at the community level and trying to do so on the public dime.

In addition to causing grave harm to people who deserve real information about how their bodies work, they serve multiple aims that are, now, everyone's problem.

One aim that anti-abortion fake clinics serve toward totalitarianism in this country is CONVERSION.

Away from abortion, but also conversion to strict religious ideology. There are widespread reports of having to take religious classes to get a pack of diapers, for instance.

Another aim that anti-abortion fake clinics serve toward totalitarianism in this country is INDOCTRINATION.

Not just religion, but also declaring war on facts. (Ring a bell what a problem this is?) They are at war with science, medicine, and let's just say it-the Enlightenment.

Final aim anti-abortion fake clinics serve toward totalitarianism in this country is SURVEILLANCE.

They are tracking people digitally and in-person, including reproductive behaviors that are increasingly criminalized. It is, truly, 'the few policing the many.'

Please take anti-abortion fake clinics seriously. Please read the new @NCRP report. And also please follow some of my fantastic and capable colleagues at @reproaction who work on these issues every day, @sheermean and @djdumpthem.