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An anti-choice group, St. Gerard’s Center for Life, recently moved into the same courtyard as Hartford GYN Center on the corner of Jefferson and Main Street in the South End of Hartford. Upon moving, St. Gerard’s Center for Life has renamed as “Hartford Women’s Center” and assigns staff and volunteers to actively confuse and intercept patients as they walk to appointments.

“Hartford Women’s Center” is one of about 30 crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) in Connecticut. The mission of crisis pregnancy centers is to pressure people facing unplanned pregnancies to carry their pregnancies to term, no matter what. These anti-choice centers are unlicensed and unregulated by the state, and often use deceptive advertising and signage (i.e. “Pregnant? Scared? Need help?), delay tactics, shame, and medically inaccurate information about abortion and contraception to pressure people about their health care decisions. The deceptive practices of CPCs are a disruption in the community and a direct threat to time sensitive reproductive health care.