Two more women injured at Denver Planned Parenthood

Operation Rescue has received information on two documented abortion injuries that have taken place at a Denver Planned Parenthood abortion business over the past few months; however, the city seems unwilling to share details about the injuries that should be publicly available.

Key Takeaways:

Operation Rescue reports that two women were recently injured at a Denver Planned Parenthood.
Reports received under the Freedom of Information Act have been heavily redacted, and requests for 911 audio were denied.
Women are routinely injured at abortion facilities, yet the public is often unaware that such injuries are occurring.

The Details:

The first incident occurred on June 11, when a Planned Parenthood worker placed a 911 call for a woman experiencing “trouble breathing.” The computer-aided transcript (CAD) of the event said the victim had "difficulty breathing," which Operation Rescue explains is "a red flag signifying respiratory distress, possible cardiopulmonary collapse, or a related life-threatening emergency."

Operation Rescue filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the full dispatch audio and the complete CAD file. However, the City of Denver refused to release the 911 audio by classifying the audio files as "criminal justice" records. While the CAD was released, it was heavily redacted, so as to mask any detailed remarks or notes. As a result, the true extent of the woman's injuries remains unknown.

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The second incident occurred at the same Planned Parenthood abortion business on August 29, when a 911 call was made regarding a 46-year-old female. The CAD report offers little information as it is almost completely redacted, but the call level was classified as “37C01." As Operation Rescue reports, "That code is reserved for sudden symptoms that indicate a potential life-threatening emergency — sudden chest pain, severe bleeding, collapse, or other unexpected acute medical events. It is seldom used for routine or minor complaints."

Again, the city refused to release the audio recordings.

Why It Matters:

Women are routinely injured at abortion businesses, yet few people realize that these injuries are happening, as they are almost never reported in the mainstream media.

When information that should be freely available to the public (such as audio 911 recordings and CAD reports) is hidden or overly redacted, it only keeps people further in the dark about what is really happening behind the closed doors of abortion businesses. And it allows the abortion industry to continue to operate under the false idea that it is always "safe."

Denver has two Planned Parenthood facilities, but abortions are only committed at its Park Hill Health Center, just east of downtown. This abortion business advertises surgical abortions through 25 weeks, six days of pregnancy — a stage when the preborn child is almost fully developed and could survive outside the womb if given proper care.

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Abortions at this late stage are fraught with dangers to women, including risks of a perforated uterus (having a hole torn through the wall of the uterus), possibly causing severe pain, hemorrhaging, internal bleeding, infection, and even death. (Infamous abortionist Curtis Boyd even admitted on his intake forms that after 18 weeks, it is safer for women to carry a pregnancy to term than it is to opt for abortion.) Patients are being injured, and women are putting their lives at risk, yet the public is unaware.

The Bottom Line:

Sarah Neely, Chief Operating Officer for Operation Rescue, explained that the state of Colorado further increases the risk to women by allowing abortion businesses to operate without a health license or inspections.

“Colorado does not require any abortion clinic to undergo inspection or maintain a health license from the state – no other ambulatory centers are allowed such privilege," she noted. "Now it seems Denver is engaging in a protective cover-up for an unregulated, unlicensed Planned Parenthood that has repeatedly sent patients to the ER."

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