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Key Articles

Get started with learning more about anti-abortion "crisis pregnancy centers" (CPCs) with these key articles, hand-picked by Reproductive Transparency Now (RTN). For additional media types, including videos, documentaries, research reports, and books, go back to the CPCs 101 main page.

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Thursday, September 4, 2025

"Digital Deception: Beware the Rise of Fake Telehealth Abortion Clinics"

Carrie N. Baker

Ms. Magazine

Monday, June 23, 2025

"Crisis pregnancy centers told to avoid ultrasounds for suspected ectopic pregnancies"

Abigail Brooks

NBC News

Monday, November 27, 2023

"How to Overcome the Biggest Obstacle to Abortion Care in Blue States"

Susannah Baruch & Carmel Shachar

Slate

Thursday, December 15, 2022

"How Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers Can Claim to Be Medical Clinics and Get Away With It"

Laura C. Morel

Reveal News

Thursday, May 12, 2022

"Pregnant? Need Help? They Have an Agenda."

Carly Thomsen, Carrie N. Baker & Zach Levitt

The New York Times

Thursday, March 1, 2018

"Why Crisis Pregnancy Centers Are Legal but Unethical"

Amy G. Bryant, MD, MSCR & Jonas J. Swartz, MD, MPH

AMA Journal of Ethics

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

"Fake Clinics Quietly Edit Their Websites After Being Called Out on HIPAA Claims"

Rindala Alajaji

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

"Anti-abortion centers raked in $1.4bn in year Roe fell, including federal money"

Carter Sherman

The Guardian

Monday, May 22, 2023

"The Decisions We Forget"

Mark Joseph Stern

Slate

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

"Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers Are Collecting Troves of Data That Could Be Weaponized Against Women"

Abigail Abrams & Vera Bergengruen

TIME

Friday, October 29, 2021

"Crisis pregnancy centers’ ultrasounds are free. But are they accurate?"

Jennifer Gerson

The 19th News

Saturday, September 1, 2012

"The Public Health Risks of Crisis Pregnancy Centers"

Joanne D. Rosen

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

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