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- Collection: Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs)
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VTDigger: “As crisis pregnancy centers grow, critics argue they mislead clients”
In this article in the VTDigger, Sarah Asch discusses the role of CPCs in the anti-abortion movement, focusing on the legality of CPCs. It quotes both Joanie Praamsma, the Director of the CPC in Middlebury, and Professor of Gender, Sexuality &…
The Campus: “Truth be Told”
In this opinion piece published in The Middlebury Campus, the director of the Pregnancy Resource Center of Addison County, Joanie Praamsma, discusses her views on the student-led, anti-CPC activism on Middlebury’s campus.
The Campus: “Tell Crisis Pregnancy Center: Stop Lying to Women”
This opinion piece by Victoria Isquith discusses CPCs and their deceptive practices. Isquith provides an account of her encounter with the local CPC’s booth at the Middlebury Student Activities Fair, which prompted her to call for a ban of CPC…
The Campus: “Students Lead Charge to Ban Crisis Pregnancy Center from Campus”
This opinion piece by Joanne Park discusses a student-led effort to ban the Addison County CPC from advertising and participating in on-campus events. Activists Toria Isquith and Kelsie Hoppes are quoted in the article describing their petition…
The Campus: ““Pregnant in Middlebury, VT:” Fake Abortion Clinics and the Right to Accurate Information”
This opinion piece by Toria Isquith, published in the student-run newspaper The Middlebury Campus, discusses crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs), specifically the one housed in Addison County. The article explains the dangers of CPCs and provides the…
The Campus Voice: Interview of Toria Isquith
This interview of Toria Isquith was conducted for The Middlebury Campus’s podcast titled “The Campus Voice.” In the interview, Isquith discusses her activism against the local Middlebury CPC’s presence on campus, including her petition to ban the CPC…
Middlebury Students and Staff E-mail Correspondence with Local CPC Director
This email correspondence is between the Executive Director of the Pregnancy Resource Center of Addison County and various student-activists employees of Middlebury College. The emails discuss anti-CPC student activism at the time, such as the…
Middlebury CPC Pamphlet
This pamphlet was created for Professor Carly Thomsen’s “Politics of Reproduction class in Fall 2017 by a group of students. In addition to creating a website about CPCs, http://reproductivehealthvt.com/, the group obtained an actual pamphlet from…
Middlebury Campus Articles from the 1980s/90s Re: Women’s and Gender Activism
Several articles from The Middlebury Campus reveal the relationship between the local CPC and Middlebury College in the late 1980s (following the founding of the CPC) and early 1990s. For example, one article details a students’ experience interning…