In March 2020, as COVID-19 rapidly spread across the United States, a singular question emerged: What are essential services? While anti-choice lawmakers attempted to classify abortion as non-essential despite professional medical associations affirming abortion to be essential, time-sensitive healthcare, little attention was paid to crisis pregnancy centres (CPCs). CPCs purport to assist ‘vulnerable’ pregnant people, but many use medical misinformation and misleading tactics to discourage pregnant people from abortion.1 Many CPCs attempt to present as medical offices, but most are staffed by unlicensed volunteers who provide over-the-counter pregnancy tests and non-diagnostic (‘keepsake’) ultrasounds.1 Their number is rapidly increasing and fuelled by public funding; CPCs now vastly outnumber abortion clinics nationwide.1 The Alliance: State Advocates for Women’s Rights & Gender Equality is a collaboration of four state-based law and policy centres working for gender equality (Gender Justice, Legal Voice, Southwest Women’s Law Center and Women’s Law Project). With CPC project partner California Women’s Law Center, The Alliance maintains a database of CPCs in nine states (Alaska, California, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington) using online …

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基本服务？COVID-19 大流行期间美国危机妊娠中心的运营状况

2020 年 3 月，随着 COVID-19 在美国迅速蔓延，出现了一个独特的问题：什么是基本服务？尽管专业医学协会确认堕胎是必要的、时间敏感的医疗保健，但反选择立法者试图将堕胎归类为非必要的，但很少关注危机怀孕中心 (CPC)。CPC 声称要帮助“弱势”孕妇，但许多 CPC 使用医疗错误信息和误导性策略来阻止孕妇堕胎。 1 许多 CPC 试图以医疗办公室的身份出现，但大多数由无证志愿者提供服务，他们提供非处方怀孕服务测试和非诊断性（“纪念品”）超声检查。1 它们的数量正在迅速增加，并受到公共资金的推动；CPC 现在在全国范围内大大超过堕胎诊所。 1 联盟：州妇女权利和性别平等倡导者是四个致力于性别平等的州法律和政策中心（性别正义、法律之声、西南妇女法律中心和妇女法律项目）的合作。与 CPC 项目合作伙伴加州妇女法律中心合作，联盟在九个州（阿拉斯加州、加利福尼亚州、爱达荷州、明尼苏达州、蒙大拿州、新墨西哥州、俄勒冈州、宾夕法尼亚州和华盛顿州）使用在线...