'DEFUND 250': Top 10 most horrifying Planned Parenthood abortion stories

On July 4, 2026, America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of her founding — but unless Congress votes to continue banning federal Medicaid dollars from abortion providers like Planned Parenthood, July 4 will also be the day that America's most prolific killer of preborn children will see those taxpayer dollars once again pouring into its bank accounts.

Planned Parenthood deserves to be permanently defunded — and Live Action News' series, 'DEFUND 250,' plans to remind the public of many reasons why.

Planned Parenthood claims to "care, no matter what" for its patients, and consistently advocates for legalized abortion throughout all 40 weeks of pregnancy. But countless clients have dispelled this myth by sharing how horrifically they were treated by Planned Parenthood, including these 10. They prove that Planned Parenthood does not deserve the millions of dollars it receives in taxpayer funding.

Key Takeaways:

• Planned Parenthood has a closely guarded secret: it has a history of harming women, ignoring their cries, and coercing them to undergo abortions.

• For decades, women with abortion trauma stories have largely been silenced. Major media outlets ignore their stories, and so does Planned Parenthood.

• It's time to defund Planned Parenthood once and for all.

The Details:

For decades, women with abortion trauma stories have largely been silenced. Major media outlets ignore their stories, and Planned Parenthood pretends these women don't exist. Their stories deserve to be heard.

#1: Planned Parenthood aborted Dana's triplets despite her cries

In 2006, Dana walked into a Planned Parenthood facility, shaking and in tears, at 18 weeks pregnant. She didn't truly want an abortion, but she felt she had no choice.

She was pregnant with triplets, and though the babies' father was in jail, Dana and her mother began preparing for the babies. Then Dana got a call from someone telling her that her babies' father was using IV drugs.

"The fear started to set in," said Dana. "I began having horrible dreams of bad things happening, of my babies being sick, of something being wrong with them." She began to wonder if she should have an abortion.

Her fear had become irrational and overwhelming, and she decided to abort the babies.

Dana walked into Planned Parenthood, under obvious emotional strain, yet she received no counseling, no information on the abortion process, and was given a drink to calm her down and stop her from shaking. The next thing she knew, she was sitting in a white chair, and her heartbreak was immediate. But the abortion wasn't complete — Planned Parenthood had left some of her triplets' body parts inside her.

“I survived what a lot of women don’t survive,” she said. “I still had baby parts in my body. So I had two abortions. I didn’t have one. Because their little baby parts were still left inside me. And that makes you feel like that last piece of them is trying to hold on to you.”

The memory of her abortion still haunts her, and her grief is immeasurable.

#2: Christina's painful, traumatic abortion

Like many women who walk through the doors of Planned Parenthood, Christina felt she had no choice but abortion when facing an unplanned pregnancy. She was the last in line when every woman there was given Valium, and by the time it was her turn to abort, she felt it was no longer working.

She asked to see the ultrasound, and the doctor told her no because she might change her mind. Christina felt uncomfortable with that response, but with family pressuring her to abort, she didn't get up and leave. Then fear kicked in. A doctor she had never met came in the room, and she told him that the Valium and numbing shot were not working, but he didn't even respond.

"There was no HIPAA stuff, there was no verifying my name or DOB, nothing like that. Next thing I know I felt the worst pain I’ve ever felt in my life. I heard the sounds of a vacuum, it seemed. Honestly I thought we were doing the D&C, so when I hear suctioning, I was a bit surprised. The doctor smiled at me in the creepiest of ways as I (literally) screamed in pain as he sucked the life, literally, out of my body," she said.

The "nurses" held her down as she writhed in pain, and they covered her mouth to silence her screams. They told her to shut up, and when it was over, they told her to hurry up and get dressed.

She later learned that her boyfriend had tried to come in and stop the abortion, but they wouldn't let him.

She lived for years with shame, guilt, and horror.

1st Trimester Abortion | Suction Dilation and Curettage (D&C) | What is Abortion?

#3: May was coerced by Planned Parenthood staff

May Banks went to Planned Parenthood after learning she was pregnant, but as an immigrant who spoke little English, she was unaware that Planned Parenthood was an abortion business. Staff allegedly took advantage of this.

As reported by SBA Pro-Life, Planned Parenthood told May she was pregnant, "but you don't have to be." She didn't understand what they meant, but they told her she had "no support... no money" and should schedule an appointment at another facility. She scheduled the appointment, thinking she would see a doctor who would answer her questions. Instead, she was booked for an abortion.

She didn't go to the appointment, but Planned Parenthood called to schedule another. When she arrived for the appointment, she was told to pay $200 and sign paperwork without a translator present. Then she was taken to a room, told to lie down, and given an IV. She started to "drift off."

As reported by SBA:

Then the horror began.

“I could hear what sounded like a vacuum machine,” Mayela testified. “I couldn’t move and felt like I was in a dark room. I thought I heard my baby screaming in pain. This is when my maternal instincts awakened. To my horror, I could do nothing to help my baby. This is how I finally learned what an abortion is.”

It turned out that she was further along than Planned Parenthood had said, and underwent a late-term abortion without her full consent. She now realizes Planned Parenthood ignored her rights, aborting her baby without consent, without consultation with a doctor, without explanation of the procedure, and without a translator.

She always wanted to be a mother, but after the abortion, she was never able to become pregnant again.

“When I look back, I see how young and vulnerable I was.” May said, “I was an easy target for the abortion industry.”

#4: Robin experienced pressure to abort from "calloused" staff

Robin Buckner shared that she was pressured into an abortion by her boyfriend and the staff at Planned Parenthood, whom she called "calloused" and who used "high-pressure tactics."

Before even getting information from the staff, they took her money and then showed her a short video on abortion that did not prepare her for what was to come. She explained:

I was treated like a lab rat. When the doctor (I assumed it was a doctor) and whoever was assisting him came into the room, neither of them acknowledged me, asked me any questions, introduced themselves or even checked to see who I was. They turned on a loud machine, I began to cry, they placed a mask on my mouth and nose and, before I knew it, the abortion was underway.

She tried to stop them, but she was ignored. Tears streamed down her face, she heard a thud in a metal container, and she felt sick.

She was sent home, where she spent the night with "cramps, chills, and heartache," and ultimately, she suffered complications, including an infection. But Planned Parenthood refused to help her. She had "no follow-up appointment, no check-up, no counseling."

Her grief caused her to lash out against those she loved as she pushed them away, too ashamed to tell them about the abortion.

#5: Alyona died from an abortion at Planned Parenthood

Alyona Dixon was a 24-year-old mother when she went to Planned Parenthood for an abortion in 2022. Planned Parenthood gave her the abortion pill mifepristone with instructions to take the second drug, misoprostol, 24-48 hours later intravaginally. The FDA protocols at the time stated that misoprostol should not be administered vaginally because of an increased risk of death.

As previously reported, cases of vaginal insertion of misoprostol are speculated to have led to the deaths of other women, although later evaluations determined this to be inconclusive.

A black box warning on the mifepristone label warns consumers that “[s]erious and sometimes fatal infections and bleeding occur very rarely following spontaneous, surgical, and medical abortions, including following MIFEPREX use. No causal relationship between the use of MIFEPREX and misoprostol and these events has been established.”

Alyona presented at Dignity Health four days later with "sharp lower abdominal pain." An ultrasound showed she could be retaining fetal body parts, a known complication of the abortion pill. She was sent home and told to follow up with her gynecologist. The next day, Alyona went to Desert View Hospital complaining of abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, vaginal bleeding, and diarrhea.

The doctor noted that she could be septic, but after she improved a bit, it was suggested that she was dehydrated. She then worsened, and was transferred to Summerlin Hospital. She continued to deteriorate, and died at the hospital.

The Clark County Coroner’s Office said her cause of death was “complications from septic abortion" — an abortion carried out by Planned Parenthood.

#6: 'There was blood everywhere'

Kay shared her nightmare Planned Parenthood story at AbortionPIllRisks.org. In 2013, Kay faced an unplanned pregnancy, and called Planned Parenthood.

When she arrived for the abortion appointment, she had a short 10-minute consultation with the abortionist, who didn't want to answer any of her questions and called her "anal." She took the first drug of the abortion pill regimen (mifepristone) and later took two hydrocodone pills and misoprostol. Planned Parenthood told her to expect a heavy period, but that's not what happened.

"Within 15 minutes of the capsules dissolving, I felt heavy pressure in my lower abdomen and uncontrollable cramping. I was in so much pain I nearly fainted," she said. "Tears streaming down my face I called my husband back and told him I was dying. I told him to come home as fast as possible and I hung up… This pain was unimaginable. Indescribable. It was the worst pain I have ever felt. With every cramp, I felt my heart race and my blood pressure plummet. I felt nauseated, dizzy, and light-headed. By the time my husband arrived home a few minutes later, the water in the tub was colored red by blood and our dog was barking like mad in-between my screams."

Her husband called Planned Parenthood and was told her experience was "normal."

She passed a lemon-sized blood clot that she later determined could have been her baby's body in the amniotic sac. She bled for five weeks, and then one day, the bleeding became unmanageable.

"There was blood everywhere - on the seat, on the floor of the car, on the back of my skirt, down my legs (and completely soaked through the mega-pad Planned Parenthood had recommended). It all had happened in just a few seconds. He told me to go inside and to lie down. He called the number again, was told that this was “normal” and that I didn’t need to go to the hospital unless it happened continuously (i.e. unless I was hemorrhaging)," she said.

The experience was "awful," and "traumatic," and "the worst experience of my life." She blames Planned Parenthood for failing to warn her of the true effects of the abortion pill.

1st Trimester Abortion | The Abortion Pill | What Is Abortion?

#7: Nona's abortion led to infertility

Nona was date raped at the age of 15 and, after realizing she was pregnant, was pressured by her sister and her mother to have an abortion. She was taken to the Planned Parenthood counseling room alone, where she was told that the abortion may leave her infertile. At 15, she didn't think much of it, but she knew that if her sister and mother had been in the room, they would have stopped the abortion.

A doctor she had never met came to do the abortion, which was extremely painful. In the recovery room, girls were screaming and crying.

"I felt relief afterwards but I was also emotionally numb. I turned away from my Christian upbringing. I started being more sexually promiscuous and doing a lot of drugs and doing a lot of drinking and skipping school. Things emotionally got worse for me. I ended up marrying a man that was very verbally and physically abusive," she said.

Through 18 years of marriage, Nona suffered five miscarriages and never welcomed a baby.

“It has been very traumatizing for me to go through life not being able to have children. And going to baby showers is very difficult and seeing all my friends and relatives raise their kids and it’s been really hard,” she said. “The counselor did not ask me if I agreed, or if we wanted any other information regarding what kind of support would be available to us if we decided to move forward with the pregnancy, nor did she mention the option of adoption.”

#8: Katie's forced 'soul-crushing' abortion

Katie shared that she went to Planned Parenthood with her boyfriend for a pregnancy test, which was positive. While there, the staff asked what they wanted to do about the baby. "My boyfriend spoke up, quickly and firmly, with one word, 'ABORTION.' It was the first time that word had been spoken between us," said Katie.

In fact, the staffer encouraged abortion as "the responsible choice" and lied about the baby's development.

A few days later, her boyfriend called to schedule the abortion, and Katie called to cancel it. She didn't want an abortion, but her boyfriend became "threatening." He ultimately threatened to kill himself if she didn't have an abortion.

With friends also telling her to abort, she went through with the abortion. Despite her hesitance and the tears streaming down her face, Planned Parenthood committed the abortion, and Katie heard the nurse say, "You got it. I just saw it come through the tube." These "words were an absolute soul-crushing reality," said Katie. "They could see the baby. The baby was big enough to SEE."

The coerced abortion led to a "toxic" relationship and intense regret.

#9: Nelle said Planned Parenthood lied to her

Nelle shared that at age 21, she found herself pregnant and went to Planned Parenthood, where she was advised to take the abortion pill. She was given a packet of information, but only the first page was reviewed with her.

“The ENTIRE time I was there I was told LIES!  They said, ‘There are no real risks, this is like a period, light cramping, it’ll all be over within 2 days,'” she explained.

After taking the mifepristone and being sent home, she was finally able to read the rest of the information. There was information no one told her, including that she would bleed for as long as three weeks.

"That would have been great to know beforehand. I would have NEVER opted for this method if I knew that vital piece of information," she said. "I had asked multiple nurses and they assured me it would all be clear within a few days!"

She took the misoprostol and became a "sweaty, bloody, crying mess." Having previously undergone a surgical abortion, she said the abortion pill was much more "painful" and "terrifying" than an in-clinic surgical abortion. After a few hours, she gave birth to her dead baby in the amniotic sac.

#10: Tonya died at the hands of Planned Parenthood

Tonya Reaves was a mother who became pregnant and decided to undergo an abortion in the second trimester at a Planned Parenthood facility. After the D&E dismemberment abortion, she began to bleed heavily, and she was left to bleed for over five hours before Planned Parenthood called an ambulance.

Doctors at the hospital found that the abortion had been incomplete and there were fetal body parts still inside her. They carried out a second abortion, but the bleeding and pain didn't stop. A second ultrasound revealed that Tonya had suffered a perforated uterus, a known complication of abortion. She was taken into surgery, but doctors were unable to save her life.

An autopsy report later solidified Planned Parenthood's negligence, detailing that if Reaves had received appropriate care in a timely manner, she likely would have survived.

She is not the first or last woman to die at the hands of Planned Parenthood.

The Bottom Line:

Planned Parenthood cares about its bottom line, but American taxpayers are funding the paychecks of the abortion corporation's CEOs. Meanwhile, women and children are suffering and dying.

It's time to defund Planned Parenthood for good.