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Five (More) Things You Can Do to Fight Back Against Anti-Choice Zealots
In December, when the election of Donald Trump still felt like a nightmare, we offered five strategies to fight anti-choice laws and rhetoric. Now that President Trump is a frightening reality, it’s more important than ever to defend choice. The battle might seem like a losing one, but Trump and his administration specialize in demoralization. By making things seem hopeless, they hope to subvert the progressive will to keep fighting.
Don’t let them win. Here are five things you can do right now to fight for reproductive freedom. Fight back against anti-choice!
Why Do Anti-Choicers Keep Lying About Abortion?
Anti-choice extremists continue to lie to women about the effects of abortion, suggesting that morality has little to do with their movement. These lies are especially prevalent at so-called crisis pregnancy centers. Crisis pregnancy centers draw desperate women in with promises of free reproductive health care and pregnancy tests, then subject them to an onslaught of frightening and misleading information about abortion. “Patients” at these centers may also be told that birth control does not work, that sex outside of marriage is dangerous and wrong, or that women who have abortions are dying in droves. According to a new study of crisis pregnancy centers in Canada, misleading information and overt lies are commonplace at these facilities.
To learn more, follow ACOL’s Daily Kos story on the issue here.
Anti-Choice Terrorist Will Face No Legal Sanctions
Angel Dillard, a woman who openly admits to threatening at least one abortion provider, will not face any penalties for her actions. The news comes in the wake of the re-sentencing of Dr. George Tiller’s killer. Anti-choice terrorists routinely get away with their actions as defense lawyers use tactics such as jury nullification to achieve not guilty verdicts. To learn more about the Angel Dillard story, as well as its connection to Dr. Tiller’s murder and to other acts of anti-choice terrorism, read ACOL’s Daily Kos story on the issue here.
