by Anna Claire Flowers (@annacflowers)
Each year, pregnancy resource centers (also known as crisis pregnancy centers) open their doors daily to serve over one million pregnant women across all 50 states. These centers represent a robust grassroots network of organizations seeking to serve women who are pregnant and under-resourced in some way, whether being financially unstable, medically uninsured, or unsupported by a partner or family.
As described formerly by Helen Alvaré for IFS, there has been a long history of attacks on pregnancy resource centers ranging from vandalism to lawsuits. In 2018, the Supreme Court struck down a California mandate on crisis pregnancy centers that required them to display information about free and low-cost abortions offered through the state. Recently, a pregnancy resource center was on the Supreme Court’s docket again.
