I was pleasantly shocked to read an in-depth article from the New York Times critical of Planned Parenthood titled Botched Care and Tired Staff: Planned Parenthood in Crisis.
Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest chain of abortion facilities and the most aggressive lobbyist for abortion until birth on both the federal and state levels. One of their strongest allies in the media has been the Times. So, I was surprised that the liberal paper exposed many dirty little secrets of this kingpin of the abortion industry.
The author, Katie Benner reviewed clinic documents and legal filings, interviews with over 50 past and present consultants, medical staff members and executives.
In spite of a fundraising bonanza in the wake of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe, many PP affiliates are seriously short on cash. They pay “rock-bottom salaries” and battle with employee turnover as high as 50%. The big bucks that have been raised don’t go for client treatment but are used to continue its legal and political battle to keep abortion on demand the status quo.
Adding to their financial woes is that ObamaCare has diverted many poor women away from PP and through the doors of legitimate healthcare clinics.
PP headquarters has given affiliates more than $899 million over the past five years but none of it went directly to abortion or medical services.
Benner’s research uncovered “scores of allegations” of botched abortions and poor healthcare.
PP affiliate staffers have reported:
– Begging for supplies that were often turned down.
– Poorly trained staff.
– Inexperienced peers training new employees.
– Buildings in desperate need of repairs including backed up sewage with clients vomiting from the stench.
– Non-abortion clients were often forced to endured three-hour waits to be seen.
– Clients who couldn’t afford care were turned away because the wait for approval was too long. What is their motto? Oh, yes, “Care. No Matter What.”
– Immense pressure to attract more clients and generate more income limited appointments to 10 minutes.
– Clients were given wrong meds and others given expired pain meds.
– STD test results were not added to client records, so after hearing nothing, clients wrongly assumed the tests were negative.
The Tempe, AZ affiliate closed for eight months Deanna Evans, a previous manager said because, “One by one, there was no staff….”
What was PP’s official response to many of these allegations? Clinic managers stated, “their staff members adhere to the highest medical standards, receive comprehensive training and work with management to address concerns in a timely fashion.” Really?
Joe Solmonese, chairman of PP Action Fund said, “There are always anecdotal things that you can get from disgruntled staff people.” His arm of the abortion conglomerate spent $40 million to elect pro-abortion candidates. As it turns out, that was money poorly spent.
Benner also noted that staff “recounted stories of seeing children as young as 12 and 13 years old receive abortions, sometimes because a family member impregnated them.” She made no mention in the article if these children were placed in the protective care of authorities who pursued legal action….
From Life News
Wonderful. Unbelievable. I can only hope & pray PP implodes. It can’t happen soon enough. We as a society have been engaged in horrific evil for so very long now.
It’s about time The New York Times faced reality! It’s been behind the tmes for a long time.
I have said, since the 1960s, with the mindless rock music, suicidal drugs, rebellious, destructive Sex Revolution, violent anti-war demonstrations, irresponsible birth control, and lesbian-based, perverted feminism– destroying normal Manhood and Womanhood, Traditional Marriage and protective family home with children, the timeless, sacred roles of wives/mothers, husbands/fathers— and next, the Roe vs. Wade, baby-killing decision, in Jan. 1973— destroying our society Stop the leftist imbeciles in academia, destroying traditional education in our universities– and destroying Christianity, too. This is worse than the nuclear bomb, which millions, after WW II, feared would someday destroy the whole world. As we all learned in school– when past civilizations senselessly fell into immorality and went down this terrible pathway— they all plummeted to their deaths. After all these years, with the extremely decadent, depraved, immoral, Godless media busily promoting and making millions off all of this leftist, diabolic propaganda– now, suddenly, the NYTimes decides there might be “something wrong” with Planned Parenthood.
Reply to Publish the whole story, truthfully: What took the New York Times so long to publish the horrible truth of Planned Parenthood. It’s a terrible plan that needs to be canceled and defunded. End Abortion Now! Adoption is the option.
The editors altered parts of my comment of Feb. 24, at 7:16pm. For one thing, the end of one of my sentences was hopelessly mangled and chopoed off! It should read, “…and next, the SCOTUS Roe vs. Wade baby-killing decision in Jan. 1973– destroying our society– this all must stop!” There are other strangely chopped-up things, too… and I originally ended my comment by saying that the NYTimes must be honest, and publish the whose story, truthfully. At least, an editor should respect a commenter, and make sure that an edited comment is properly re-written using good English sentence structure.
Bless you, Restrainer! Poor Shawn Carney, CEO of 40 Days for Life, mentioned that someone recently made a contribution to Planned Parenthood— in Shawn Carney’s name. Despicably cruel! Praying for the end of Planned Parenthood! Every human life, created by God, is sacred, from the moment of conception until natural death. Yes, adoption is the only option!
When you repeat the same things in almost every post and post long, unbroken paragraphs, people learn not to read your posts. They just skip over them. TLDR is the acronym. It means too long didn’t read. Even though you don’t use a moniker, we can identify you by your style and length of writing. It doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes to figure it out.
Sorry, TLDR– comments are never written with you in mind. They are simply thoughts and ideas of the commenters. Do not read others’ comments. Write your own, your own style. Better on a Catholic site, to appreciate commenters who truly and enthusiastically express support for the Catholic Faith. Love to read all the posts of Restrainer, long or short– in which he wonderfully expresses his Pro Life Catholic beliefs. And he always states, “adoption is the option,” at the end. His are the very best comments. The priests at church do likewise, explaining Catholic beliefs over and over, in daily homilies, at Mass. Love it. You, too, would appreciate that so much, if you were Catholic.
Well, the NYT may have sent Katie Benner out to boost PP’s image in light of their (PP’s) present difficulties and if so they made the mistake of sending out an honest woman. Given her report perhaps the NYT had no choice but to print it. Or maybe the NYT is growing a set of moral antennae attune to Judeo/Christian sensibilities.
Reply to Daniel Gallup: Yes Daniel Let’s all pray as you say, “that the NYT is growing a set of moral antennae attune to Judeo/Christian sensibilities.” End Abortion Now! Adoption is the option.
I predict that within ten years the NYT will cease to publish.
“Publish the whole story, truthfully”. Get over it. Oh, and no one cares about your petty complaints..
“TLDR”. Thanks. It’s not just the long, unbroken, adjective-filled, comma-filled paragraphs that irritate – it’s the abrasive and almost malicious rhetoric that this person repeatedly applies so as to shame others.
Kristan Hawkins has reported many terrible incidents of dangerous and violent abuses to her Students for Life of America, when speaking for the cause of Pro Life for poor, helpless unborn children, on college campuses. Riley Gaines has suffered many dangerous attacks also, speaking on college campuses, standing up for authentic women athletes, in college-level women’s sports. Riley is so right— and she is very pretty, too! Generations of long ago, would have looked up to a pretty young athlete like Riley Gaines, as a lovely and intelligent young Role Model, greatly admired and extremely popular. Many young people today— including a few on this site– are incapable of maturity and objectivity, reading or listening to someone else’s viewpoint, which nay be really good, although perhaps different and new to them. Many make a lot of noise, with babyish critical comments, in the “Cancel Culture” style. Many are not ready for an intelligent article, followed by some ntelligent comments. There are other Catholic sites that are much better.