Eight weeks pregnant with two daughters already in tow, Nakara Alston went to Planned Parenthood in Albany, New York, for an abortion. After breaking up with her boyfriend and the aftermath of her abortion, Nakara felt unusually sick, as she had heavy bleeding and agonizing cramping weeks after the abortion. When a pregnancy test confirmed she was pregnant, the abortion center told her that “they had seen the aborted fetus and there was nothing to worry about.” With pain increasing, Alston went to the Emergency Room (ER) and made an alarming discovery. Her dead baby was trapped in her womb.  

This heartbreaking story is the prologue to an explosive investigative report by none other than the New York Times. The widely circulated media outlet broke through the closed and locked doors of Planned Parenthood’s business operations to reveal alleged horrible discoveries.  

What Planned Parenthood Won’t Tell You: 

This was not just one detailed expose-styled article, but two. The New York Times revealed in two shocking reports alleged negligence by Planned Parenthood, which includes customers and women seeking care from inadequately trained staff, mixed test results, and filthy environments.  

“Planned Parenthood clinics around the country are facing complaints of substandard health care and poor morale amid chronic funding problems, poor morale amid chronic funding problems,” reported The New York Times. “Planned Parenthood has been accused of improperly implanting a birth control device and causing nerve damage; inserting an IUD in a woman who was four months pregnant; and failing to upload sexually transmitted infection test results into charts, leading patients to wrongly believe that their results were negative” 

They reviewed its business documents and legal filings, conducting more than 50 interviews with current and former Planned Parenthood executives making shocking discoveries by reporting and exposing alleged medical atrocities.  

In the interest of precise reporting on numerous allegations, the follow excerpts are reported claims from The New York Times article (with emphasis added): 

• “…operate with aging equipment and poorly trained staff…”  

• “…patient counts have shrunk…” 

• “...turnover has increased because of rock-bottom salaries…” 

• “…a botched abortion in New York is one of the scores of allegations..”  

• ” A case settled in California, a woman accused the organization of improperly implanting a birth control device in her arm, causing nerve damage.”  

• ” A Nebraska clinician in 2022 did not realize that a woman was four months 

pregnant when she inserted an IUD. Several hours later, the patient was 

rushed to an emergency room and gave birth to a stillborn fetus.” 

• “… an understaffed nursing department did not upload sexually 

transmitted infection test results into charts, and patients wrongly believed 

that their results were negative when they did not hear back.” 

• “…many clinics in dire need of upgrades and repairs…”  

• ” In Omaha last year, sewage from a backed-up toilet seeped into the abortion recovery room for two days…. employees shoved exam table pads under the bathroom door to block the leak. Patients vomited from the stench.” 

• “…employees at various affiliates said it was common to run out of over-the-counter pain medication and I.V. flushes.” 

• “…turnover is hovering at around 50 percent a year in many parts of the country, with clinic workers complained that they were learning from inexperienced peers.” 

• “…more than a dozen employees said they did not receive adequate training for patient intake, blood draws and other tasks.”  

• “…overall inefficiency: clinic employees said repeatedly in interviews that patients routinely encountered long waits, undertrained staff members and trouble even booking an appointment.” 

• “In New York City, employees said, patients often spend up to three hours in the waiting room for a non-abortion visit.” 

• “…former clinic manager in Columbus, Ohio said that patients complained that they felt like they were in a factory.”  

• “…patients report botched abortions, misplaced IUDs and inadequately trained staff.” 

Alleged life-threatening mix ups, improper training, and horrible work conditions. Now, that’s a laundry list of reported issues. 

Politics Over Customer Care: 

While this may be breaking news for the New York Times, none of this is a surprise to the Pro-Life Generation (PLG). For years, Planned Parenthood leaders have continued to prioritize abortion public fights over customer care. NYT reports that Planned Parenthood “leaders say they have repeatedly prioritized the fight for abortion rights over clinics because the political fight was fundamental to the organization’s ability to operate.”  

Despite what they may claim, Planned Parenthood “clinics” do not provide real care.  

Rather than putting needy women seeking care first, millions of dollars allegedly go toward playing politics and fighting in court. Despite distributing $899 million to affiliates to “deliver care,” reportedly “none of it went directly to medical services.” The New York Times stated that, “much of the national funding to affiliates went to legal support, public campaigns to expand abortion access and subsidies for patient navigators.”  

Frustrated customers fear speaking out about their experiences with Planned Parenthood. The New York Times reported that many patients who had sued Planned Parenthood “refused to speak publicly” out of fear of jeopardizing their case and “routinely requires patients who receive settlements to sign nondisclosure agreements.”  

This poor medical care on Planned Parenthood’s part is not for lack of money. The New York Times reported that after the fall of Roe v. Wade, they allegedly “enjoyed a fund-raising boom with $498 million in donations” but chose to spend “the majority of the money on the legal and political fight to maintain abortion rights” due to “national bylaws.”  

Donations to Planned Parenthood do not go to ensure the health and safety of their patients, they go toward funding a political and public agenda. Where is that money really going? 

Women Feel Like They’re in a Factory:  

Wherever that money is going, it does not seem like it’s going towards costumer service, staff training, and facility upkeep. Women behind Planned Parenthood’s closed doors feel the same. The New York Times reports that women admitted that they feel like they are in a factory and are often prepped for the wrong procedure.  

“Grace Larson, a former Planned Parenthood nurse in Minnesota who was fired while trying to unionize the staff, said that clinics were operating like “a conveyor belt” for patients. She said that employees sometimes administered expired pain medication or the wrong medications as they scrambled to move people in and out. She said it was not uncommon for patients to be taken to the wrong room and prepped for the wrong procedure.” 

“We would catch it when a patient would say, ‘Why am I in a room with an ultrasound machine and a sedation nurse for a Pap smear?’ or when a nurse would come in and be like, ‘Wrong room, wrong patient,’” Ms. Larson said. 

Suddenly, it seems the mainstream media is catching on to what we have been reporting for years. Did Planned Parenthood think no one would report on what they do behind closed doors? Why has Planned Parenthood been so silent lately? And why did Planned Parenthood strip its Instagram? 

As reports come to light of how poorly customers are allegedly being treated, perhaps the Trojan Horse of Planned Parenthood is eroding from behind closed doors.  

Women seeking medical care deserve better treatment that what Planned Parenthood gives them. For every one Planned Parenthood center, there are 14 federally qualified health centers across America eager and ready to support women’s health care needs. Women deserve better than Planned Parenthood.  

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