Massachusetts state officials are going to war against pro-life nonprofits that give women free diapers and help families provide for their babies and kids.

The taxpayer-funded campaign, at a cost of at least $1 million, includes information sheets, graphics, and even sample social media posts. The state is also running ads in English and Spanish across the state, according to a June 10 news release.

Why? Probably because the centers are a direct threat to the pro-abortion agenda.

“In Massachusetts, we are committed to protecting and expanding access to safe and legal abortion,” Gov. Maura Healey stated. “That includes protecting patients from the deceptive and dangerous tactics that anti-abortion centers often use to stop people from accessing comprehensive reproductive services. This campaign is an important way to provide accurate information so residents can make informed decisions about reproductive care that [is] right for them.”

The state has teamed up with pro-abortion groups to target the centers, creating a free hotline with the Reproductive Equity Now Foundation, the ACLU of Massachusetts, and other activist organizations.

Planned Parenthood also praised the efforts to steer women away from choosing life, and of course, into one of its abortion facilities.

“We are grateful to Governor Healey, Secretary Walsh, and Commissioner Goldstein for championing this effort to get patients the information they need to make safe and informed decisions about their reproductive health,” Planned Parenthood of Massachusetts stated in the news release.

Healey has targeted pro-life pregnancy centers in the past, too. As attorney general in 2022, she issued a “consumer advisory warning patients seeking reproductive health services about the limited and potentially misleading nature of the services provided by crisis pregnancy centers.”

But Massachusetts’ campaign is wrong on several levels.

First, it is focused on the intentional destruction of innocent human life, something that no society should ever stand for. The purpose of the campaign is to make it so more women have abortions; otherwise it would not be targeting places that persuade women not to kill their babies.

Second, pregnancy resource centers are a net positive for society. Most people would find it odd if Massachusetts launched a campaign against homeless shelters, food pantries, or job training for the unemployed. But because these centers are anti-abortion, they are on the radar of the state’s pro-abortion leadership.

Pregnancy centers provide real value to women, men, and children.

“In 2022, pregnancy centers met with clients over 16 million times, both in person and virtually, with an estimated total service value of at least $358 million annually,” a 2023 report from the Charlotte Lozier Institute found. The numbers are based on surveys of 2,750 centers.

This includes the value of free ultrasounds, sexually transmitted disease tests, diapers, car seats, clothes, and strollers. The nonprofits also help set families up for success by offering “parenting education programs” and lactation consulting.

Each center does not offer every service, but other nonprofits are not faulted for not providing a full-range of options. After all, no one faults a food pantry for just having groceries but not low-cost medicine.

Pro-life pregnancy resource centers should not be targeted just because they undercut the pro-abortion agenda. Nonprofits that help families in need deserve support, not scorn.