A new ad campaign by Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy tells women to avoid what it terms “anti-abortion centers,” calling them unsafe.
A TV spot by the state of Massachusetts says, “Whether you need pregnancy care or abortion care, avoid anti-abortion centers. They might look like medical clinics, but (they) try to limit your medical options if pregnant. Learn more and find care you can trust.”
The governor’s office says the taxpayer-funded ad campaign is supposed to help women understand their full range of options.
There was no state investigation and no prosecutions after pregnancy resource centers were vandalized in the wake of the Dobbs decision, and pro-life workers say this new campaign puts their lives in even greater danger.
Diane O’Toole, Executive Director of the Boston Center for Pregnancy Choices, says, “Literally, we take our lives into our hands every time that we go into work because of all of the rhetoric that are simply lies about us.”
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O’Toole says claims that the centers harm women are untrue.
“There were four complaints filed in over 40 years of pregnancy resource centers being in existence. Two were filed by
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