#ExposeFakeClinics: Direct Action Toolkit
A step-by-step guide to organizing direct actions that expose fake clinics from planning peaceful protests and creating signs to engaging local media and spreading real abortion resources.
About This Toolkit
Taking Bold Action Against Anti-Abortion Fake Clinics: Version 2 is a comprehensive guide to exposing and confronting Crisis Pregnancy Centers through strategic, non-violent direct action. Inside, you’ll find a fake clinic refresher, research on how these centers spread misinformation and misuse public funding, a breakdown of the dangerous “abortion pill reversal” myth, and detailed tools for planning protests, engaging media, writing letters to the editor, and sustaining momentum after an action.
This updated edition also includes guidance on using the Fake Clinic Database, best practices for safe and effective actions, activist testimony, and customizable press materials to help you organize in your own community. Whether you’re new to organizing or ready to escalate your efforts, this toolkit provides the strategy, messaging, and practical resources needed to hold anti-abortion fake clinics accountable.