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(Fall 2022) Signatures from a Petition in Support of Banning CPCs from the Middlebury Campus
Petition organized by Elissa Asch (2022.5) in an effort to ban CPCs from the Middlebury College campus. Signatures include students, faculty, staff, and community members from the Middlebury community as well as various other colleges and…
(Fall 2022) Guide to Educational Resources About CPCs
A little over two pages of linked informational resources assembled by Middlebury activists, including everything from an interactive New York Times Article co-authored by Middlebury GSFS professor Carly Thomsen to a database of CPCs throughout the…
(Fall 2022) Statements from Students, Faculty, Staff, and Community Members in Support of Banning CPCs from our Campus
Various statements expressing passionate discontent surrounding the continued existence of CPCs in Middlebury. Each statement discusses a specific argument against CPCs and/or includes a broad statement of support from an individual or group.
Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) in a Time of Crisis
This website was created by a group of students as a part of Professor Carly Thomsen’s “Politics of Reproduction” class in the spring of 2020. The website provides information on CPCs and focuses on CPCs’ online presence during the coronavirus…
(2020) Oral History of Grace Vedock, Taite Shomo, and Professor Carly Thomsen
This is an oral history conducted by Sophie Hochman for Professor of Religion Justin Doran’s class “Religion and Capitalism.” Hochman interviewed Grace Vedock ‘20 and Taite Shomo ‘20.5, two students involved in the 2018 effort to ban CPCs from…
Medium: “The Debate Over Abortion gets Close to Campus”
This article by Nate Gunesch in Medium provides a profile of student-activist Miranda-Max de Beer. Gunesch discusses activist work against the Addison County CPC, such as the fliers de Beer handed out at the Student Activities Fair, as well as the…
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 &…
LifeNews: “Pro-Abortion Professor Trying to Ban Clinic That Offers Abortion Alternatives”
This opinion piece from pro-life website, Life News, is a critique of Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies Professor Carly Thomsen’s teachings on and oppositions to CPCs. The piece supports the claims of the Addison County CPC that the backlash…
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: “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.