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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.
Memo to Senator Hardy
This legislative memo to Vermont State Senator Ruth Hardy was written in February of 2019 by a group of student-activists, including Theodora Bean, Miranda de Beer, Maria Bobbitt-Chertock, Allison Dammann, Victoria Isquith, Heather Morton, Tate…
Facebook Message to a Student Activist from CPC Director
This is a Facebook message to student activist Toria Isquith from the Director of the local CPC. This message contains a request from the director to meet with Isquith in order to further discuss the work of the Addison Country 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…