Spotty and unreliable data underpin claims about abortion being safe

Published February 22, 2020 5:00am ET



The heavily redacted 911 records shared by Operation Rescue from a Planned Parenthood in Flossmoor, Illinois, create questions about the repeated claim that abortion is safer than childbirth.

The woman in the abortion organization’s care suffered a hemorrhage after undergoing an abortion. Instead of immediately phoning emergency medical services through a landline or cellphone, Planned Parenthood placed the call through a Voice Over Internet Protocol. This means multiple call relays had to occur before Planned Parenthood was connected to a 911 operator, with the injured woman still being in need of treatment during this unnecessarily long process.

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