Government Resources
Massachusetts Attorney General’s
Consumer Advisory
WARNING:
CPCs do NOT provide comprehensive reproductive healthcare.
CPCs are organizations that seek to prevent people from accessing abortion care.
The Attorney General’s Office is committed to securing the civil rights of all people in Massachusetts or traveling to Massachusetts to access healthcare. If you have concerns about your experience with a crisis pregnancy center, file a complaint online or call 617-963-2917.
Massachusetts Department of Health
Warning About Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Avoid crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs): they are not reproductive health care clinics.
While CPCs may appear to be reproductive healthcare clinics, they do not provide comprehensive reproductive healthcare services or counseling.
CPCs do not provide abortion care or abortion referrals, contraception, or other reproductive health care, despite what they may advertise. Prenatal care, emergency contraception, and abortion are time-sensitive services.
CPCs often look like medical clinics and sometimes use tactics to delay your access to care, which may reduce or eliminate your options and ability to receive services.
Statewide Public Education Campaign
In March 2023, Governor Maura Healey approved a supplemental budget allocating $1 million to the Department of Public Health for public education on the dangers of CPCs in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Attorney General
Andrea Joy Campbell
“If we want Massachusetts to continue to lead the way for reproductive justice, we must directly address the unfair and deceptive practices used by crisis pregnancy centers. My office is committed to protecting patients from these dangerous tactics and ensuring that people who need an abortion can access this essential healthcare without fear of intimidation, coercion or interference.”
“The state legally protects women’s right to choose, yet those seeking reproductive care must navigate a treacherous landscape of misinformation to obtain services.”
“The state legally protects women’s right to choose, yet those seeking reproductive care must navigate a treacherous landscape of misinformation to obtain services.”
-Dahlia Lyss, “Massachusetts’ Crisis Pregnancy Center Dilemma”
CPC Educational Events
Crisis Pregnancy Centers:
Designed to Deceive
October 6, 2022 at Smith College
The panel featured leading reproductive rights activists and scholars, including Dr. Carrie Baker (Smith College), Sheila Ramirez (Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts), Jenifer McKenna (Co-author of the 2021 CPC report, Designed to Deceive) and Claire Teylouni (Reproductive Equity Now).
View event recording here.
Indivisible MA Coalition's Statewide Forum on Anti-Abortion Crisis Pregnancy Centers
On April 25, 2023, IMC's Feminist Action Team hosted a statewide online event about the deceptive practices at anti-abortion centers in Massachusetts, what state and local governments are doing, and actions residents of Massachusetts can take. Guest speakers included State Senator Becca Rausch, "Designed to Deceive" Co-Author Tara Murtha, and Roxanne Sutocky of The Women’s Centers.
View event recording here.