Center Against Forced Abortions

A project of the Justice Foundation, the Center Against Forced Abortions (CAFA), hopes to put an end to forced abortion by empowering young women with their legal rights. CAFA has already found success saving lives by offering young women a letter drafted by Justice Foundation attorneys that outlines to parents the legal rights of their daughters to carry their child to term.

The letter informs parents - or any other "concerned persons" - that, "even though abortion may be legal, you do not have any right to force, coerce, exert undue influence, or pressure your daughter to have an abortion," citing the 1979 U.S. Supreme Court case Bellotti v. Baird. Such force, they note, may "subject you to reporting and prosecution for child abuse. Besides possible criminal prosecution, if you force, coerce, or exert undue pressure, then both you and the abortionist could be held liable for various civil torts, such as battery, negligence, false imprisonment, or other claims."