[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition and add your name to demand TikTok, Snapchat, and
Instagram ban misleading and false ads around abortion.

Dear fellow MoveOn member,

A recent Bloomberg investigation found anti-choice organizations called
“crisis pregnancy centers” are increasingly advertising on TikTok,
Instagram, and Snapchat to reach pregnant teens and young people with
misinformation about abortion care.^1

When I was a teen growing up in Georgia, I had different views about
abortion, families, and peoples’ rights to bodily autonomy than I do as a
mom to two amazing girls today. In fact, I was so anti-abortion that I
volunteered at one of the thousands of “crisis pregnancy centers” in the
country, pretending to be real medical service providers that exist to
confuse, trick, and convince young people not to seek an abortion. These
clinics are everywhere these days, including advertising on social media
where they give platforms millions in ad revenue. Even today, I still
remember the No. 1 rule from my training as a hotline operator: “Get the
girl in the door.”

Who were these young teens I was trying to convince? They included the
girl who was 10, and wasn’t sure if she was pregnant, because she didn’t
know what a period was. The one who called while holding a bottle of
sleeping pills because she couldn’t stand the thought of living through
pregnancy. The one who said if her mother found out, she’d be forced to
marry a stranger in her home country. Their stories are impossible to
forget. 

[ [link removed] ]Will you join me in demanding these social media platforms remove
misleading anti-abortion ads from their platforms immediately?

Young teens turn to social media and the internet for help and advice in
scary situations, such as an unplanned pregnancy. Their trusted platforms
shouldn't be able to profit from their suffering. Will you join me in
asking TikTok, Snapchat, and Instagram to stop distributing dishonest,
dangerous, and misleading crisis pregnancy center ads?

[3]Sign my petition!

Don't be fooled: Crisis pregnancy centers don't actually provide abortion
care; they aggressively lie to teens in their most vulnerable moments and
actively withhold information about the abortion care pregnant teens may
be trying to obtain. Telling teens abortion is dangerous and unsafe, that
ultrasounds or other procedures are required when they aren’t, and that
local clinics don’t have appointments available when they do. These are
just a few tactics utilized by crisis pregnancy centers. Some experts
estimate abortion bans will increase maternal mortality by 33% in women
and girls of color, the same population most likely to seek abortion
services from these bad actors.^2

[ [link removed] ]By profiting from these centers’ advertisements, TikTok, Instagram, and
Snapchat are spreading misinformation about critical health issues to
vulnerable teenagers. Sign the petition to demand that social media
companies stop showing misleading ads about abortion. 

Interference from crisis pregnancy centers is designed to force people to
delay other options until it's too late, with irreversible, life-changing
effects.^3 I regret the harm I caused by supporting crisis pregnancy
centers—and it's not too late for social media companies to stop their
harm by banning these deceitful ads. 

[ [link removed] ]Click here to add your name to this urgent petition, and then pass it
along to your friends.

In solidarity,

Amanda w/ ParentsTogether

Sources:

1. "Anti-Abortion Centers Find Pregnant Teens Online, Then Save Their
Data," Bloomberg, June 27, 2022
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2. "Critics Fear Abortion Bans Could Jeopardize Health of Pregnant Women,"
The Pew Charitable Trusts, June 22, 2022
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3. "Anti-abortion groups target women with misleading ads," BBC, May 17,
2022
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