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NAF Member: An Open Letter to Bart Stupak

April 1, 2010

NAF member Carole Joffe, author of Doctors of Conscience and the recently released Dispatches from the Abortion Wars, has just published an open letter to Congressman Bart Stupak about the violence and harassment abortion providers face every day. Published on the website of Beacon Press, the letter reads in part:

“I wonder, however, if your own experience has made you more empathetic with abortion providers, who have for years endured similar behavior from the same antiabortion extremists who have now targeted you? Though obviously you and the provider community do not agree on the abortion issue, perhaps now you can agree with them that the disagreements over this issue must remain civil. How can we call ourselves a democracy if we cannot express political beliefs without fear of violence? Congressman Stupak, I respectfully call on you to disavow violence against all Americans, not just elected officials.”

Carole’s letter is particularly timely, as today Scott Roeder will be sentenced for the murder of Dr. George Tiller.

>Read the entire letter here.

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Our member @drcaitbernard was disciplined & fined for speaking publicly about providing an abortion for a 10y/o rape survivor. The consequences of abortion bans are far-reaching and cases like this are another way our members are targeted and attacked. #WeSupportDrCaitlinBernard

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It’s increasingly clear that it’s not safe to be pregnant in states with total abortion bans. Read 13 harrowing stories of the people harmed by these bans.

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Opinion | Texas Is Torturing Women Whose Pregnancies Fail

If this isn’t what anti-abortion groups want, why won’t they fix it?

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23 May 1661141687299899392

BREAKING: The South Carolina Senate passed an early abortion ban, sending it to the Governor, who is expected to sign it quickly.

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South Carolina Senate passes abortion ban, setting up Supreme Court showdown

The Republican-led South Carolina Senate on Tuesday passed a ban on abortions after an ultrasound detects cardiac ac...

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NatAbortionFed avatar; NAF @NatAbortionFed ·
22 May 1660704120003756032

Our members regularly report increasingly manipulative tactics by these centers to capitalize on the confusing post-Dobbs landscape. Make no mistake--lying to patients to influence their personal health care decisions is dangerous to the safety and well-being of patients.

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22 May 1660704118686777344

These fake clinics often promise pregnant patients resources if they continue the pregnancy--health care, money, shelter, diapers, you name it. But oftentimes, these centers do not follow through on their promises to vulnerable patients.

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22 May 1660704117264908288

These anti-abortion centers lie about providing abortion services to lure in patients, then invoke religious claims, share medically inaccurate photos of fetuses, and even threaten to expose patients’ personal information if they chose to go through with an abortion procedure.

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22 May 1660704116082094080

The @APStylebook defines these centers (previously known as crisis pregnancy centers) as “centers set up to divert or discourage women from having abortions, by using counseling, material support and/or housing in an effort to persuade women to bring their pregnancies to term.”

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22 May 1660704113842360321

Post-Dobbs, more and more patients have been exploited and intimidated by anti-abortion centers. Not only are they  a scam, these centers harm and deceive patients seeking abortion care: 🧵

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Anti-abortion legislators pushed their extremist agenda in 3 states this week and showed the world exactly who they are: legislators bent on cutting off access to health care who won’t let public opinion or democratic principles get in their way via @ACLU

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This Week, Anti-Abortion Extremists Showed Us Who They Really Are | ACLU

Lawmakers are bending the democratic process and ignoring their constituents to push health care out of reach.

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17 May 1658869753497411585

One alarming trend our 2022 Violence and Disruption Report showed was the increase of violence and disruption in protective states, as state-level anti-abortion bans caused dozens of clinics to close in restrictive states and extremists moved to protective states.

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