A Powerful Crime Deterrent
protecting abortion providers and patients
Anti-abortion terrorists and their allies are winning. They have the funding, tools and sophisticated infrastructures to destroy women’s reproductive and basic healthcare rights—and they’re succeeding. Women are being jailed, terrorized, and forced into fates beyond their control.
We can fight back—with CATCH.
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Center for Transformative Action, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization.
For more information, contact: ChoiceMatters@ChoiceMatters.org
“Key to our victory both in court and with the quashing of two subpoenas was CATCH. The work that CATCH is doing is critical. Without their work, abortion providers will continue to struggle to respond to this new form of vigilantism.” —Constance Considine, Chief Administrator, All Women’s Medical Office Based Surgery, PLLC
>Using CATCH to Defend A Clinic Safety Law –
Two legal challenges were immediately filed in federal court to the newly passed 2022 Westchester County “Safe Clinic Access Law”
The plaintiffs made a motion for an immediate injunction claiming that the law prohibited them from exercising their First Amendment rights.
CATCH laid bare the opposition’s social media and online accounts, showing the plaintiffs’ strategies and goals. The Westchester County Attorney’s Office based its entire objection to the motion for an immediate injunction on materials provided by CATCH and won. The motion was denied!
“The judge relied upon the photos and videos you [CATCH] provided in his decision.” —John Nonna, Westchester County Attorney
CLICK to watch: NYS Attorney General Letitia James, Choice Matters & the CATCH Initiative CATCH
Donations are made through Choice Matters’ fiscal sponsor
Center for Transformative Action, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization.
For more information, contact: ChoiceMatters@ChoiceMatters.org
A New Wave of Anti-Choice Extremists
There is a rising tide of violence. Attacks on abortion clinics, patients, and providers have hit a record high.
The modus operandi of new wave anti-abortion agitators like Red Rose Rescue, Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust and Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising is to invade and occupy reproductive healthcare facilities while other agitators overwhelm and terrify patients. These dangerous extremists are not bound by state lines. Unfortunately, most law enforcement is. The same people who attacked in White Plains, Long Island and New York City have crossed into New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Mexico and elsewhere. Medical facilities are defenseless against these tactics, which waste time and money that would otherwise serve women’s vital medical needs. CATCH will assist jurisdictions as they fight these battles, allowing prosecutors, police and health centers to “learn” across state lines and defend women’s rights to safely access medical clinics.
An essential tool in the fight to protect our communities here and across the country.
- A National Resource Center Dedicated to Tracking & Stopping Anti-Abortion Terrorists
- A Comprehensive Database that tracks clinic invaders, a repository of the legal tools needed to prosecute them, and a training and support center for both law enforcement and care providers.
- A Unique Hub that works in collaboration with police departments andthe attorney general and district attorney offices to ensure that those who violate the law are held criminally responsible.
Attacks on abortion clinics, patients, and providers have hit a record high.
Clinics in protective states saw a disproportionate increase in violence and disruption this year:
- Stalking increased by 913% (from 8 in 2021 to 81 in 2022)
- Obstructions increased 538% (from 45 in 2021 to 287 in 2022)
- Bomb threats increased by 133% (from 3 in 2021 to 7 in 2022)
- Burglaries increase by 100% (from 5 in 2021 to 10 in 2022)
- Assault and batteries increased by 29% (from 7 in 2021 to 9 in 2022)
(National Abortion Federation)