FRAUD, DECEPTION & DEATH—Oh my.

Cheryl Sullenger (updated by Anne Reed), Operation Rescue

While Planned Parenthood boasts that abortion procedures at their facilities are safe, evidence exists to indicate that its claims are far from the truth.

The actual number of women affected by abortion complications at Planned Parenthood centers is undetermined because few mandatory reporting requirements exist for abortion providers, who are known to skirt the laws or under-report.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING...

Patient deaths: Tonya Reaves died July 20, 2012, from a hemorrhage caused by a perforation of her uterus during a second trimester abortion at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Chicago, IL. Cree Erwin died July 3, 2016, due to an untreated perforated uterus from a botched first trimester abortion at Planned Parenthood in Kalamazoo, MI. Alyona Dixon died on September 28, 2022, after complications from abortion pills she received at Planned Parenthood in Las Vegas, NV.

Medical emergencies: Operations Rescue documented 13 medical emergencies, many of them life-threatening hemorrhage cases, at Planned Parenthood abortion facilities across the nation from October 2022 through October 2023. Those 13 women represent a small fraction of the actual emergencies experienced during and after abortions at Planned Parenthood facilities. A large number of onsite medical emergencies are not observed by eyewitnesses who report them. And other complications occur at home after the post-abortion woman leaves the facility.

Aborted baby organ harvesting...and more: In 2015, the release of videos by the Center for Medical Progress showed that Planned Parenthood engaged in numerous violations of state and federal laws. Alleged violations included illegally selling aborted baby remains for profit, altering procedures to preserve fetal organs for resale, and failing to operate within federal HIPAA privacy regulations.

In December 2016, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee and the House Special Investigative Panel on Infant Lives referred Planned Parenthood to the Department of Justice after their investigations found probable cause to believe Planned Parenthood’s trafficking in aborted baby remains broke the law.

The truth about illegal and dangerous operations has been discovered through research and eyewitness accounts, as well as gleaned through court documents and newspaper accounts. These known abortion abuses are just the tip of a very large iceberg.

Abuse of taxpayer funding: External audits show Planned Parenthood affiliates cost American taxpayers over $130 million in waste, abuse and potentially fraudulent overbilling and penalties.

During the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic, several Planned Parenthood affiliates received $80 million in relief funds earmarked for small businesses, even though each Planned Parenthood affiliate represented a multi-million-dollar business, and was exempt from the business shutdowns. Public outrage generated calls for them to pay it back.

Financial wrongdoing: Closure of the entire Planned Parenthood Golden Gate affiliate for financial malfeasance.

Abortion sales quotas: When employees met their quotas for selling abortions, they were rewarded with pizza parties. In 2021-22, abortions made up 97.2% of Planned Parenthood’s pregnancy resolutions services, while prenatal services, miscarriage care, and adoption referrals accounted for only 1.6%, 0.7%, and 0.5%, respectively.

Widespread non-reporting of child sex abuse.

Participation in sex-selection abortions.

Webcam abortion scam: After the dangerous experiment was practiced in Iowa, it was banned in at least 19 states.

Target of minority communities: Clear evidence exists that Planned Parenthood seeks minorities, especially Black women, for abortion.

Planned Parenthood has also been caught promoting a number of dishonest and misleading statements. It insists abortions comprise only 4% of its services, while it accounts for 30% of its income.

Planned Parenthood claimed to be a “relentless” provider of cancer screenings for years; however, between 2010 and 2020, it cut breast cancer screenings by 64% and pap tests by 65%.

Planned Parenthood claims if it is defunded of federal tax revenue, abortions will increase. However, when Texas defunded Planned Parenthood in 2012, abortions decreased in that state by 6.5% the following year.

Through the Freedom of Information Act, some organizations (including Operation Rescue) are compiling documentation of numerous health code violations that take place at Planned Parenthood abortion centers. Common violations include failure to observe infection control protocols such as hand washing, failure to properly sterilize surgical instruments, expired drugs, dirty facility conditions, lack of emergency plans and equipment, as well as untrained staff. All these create an unsafe environment for women.

It is clear Planned Parenthood presents a danger to the public that sometimes reaches the level of a criminal enterprise.