Anti-abortion centers (AACs), also known as “crisis pregnancy centers” (CPCs) or more misleadingly as “pregnancy resource centers,” pose a serious threat to the reproductive and sexual health of people across the U.S. On the surface, an AAC presents itself as a reproductive health clinic. In reality, it is a tool of the anti-abortion movement that exists primarily to coerce and shame people out of seeking or receiving abortion care.
This document’s purpose is to provide a general overview of some of the many harms caused by anti-abortion centers and offer some examples of addressing these harms from around the country.