SXSW panelists urge it’s time to “dismantle, defund” CPCs
Maleeha Aziz knew she needed an ultrasound but couldn’t afford one. So, she turned to what she believed was a clinic offering free services. It was only later that she learned it was a Crisis Pregnancy Center – an anti-abortion nonprofit meant to dissuade pregnant individuals from getting abortions.
Aziz, now co-director of Texas Equal Access Fund, is one of multiple advocates and researchers featured in Sabrina Keane and Kate Dumke’s documentary, which premiered Saturday at the SXSW Film Festival. The film offers a deeper dive into CPCs and the shrinking resources available to pregnant people.
“Its function in the anti-abortion movement is to absolve the sins and mitigate the failures of the other two arms of the anti-abortion movement, the direct action street protesters and the legal policy arm,” Murtha said. “Even though abortion is banned in Texas and some states, they are still manipulating people and lying to people who are trying to go out of state,” Aziz said. “Now, with no more abortion clinics in Texas that did provide accurate health information, it’s even more important to dismantle, defund, and get rid of these horrible, horrible places.”
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