Pro-life advocates outside the clinic witnessed an ambulance arrive to take
the patient to the emergency room. The
Pro-Life Action League obtained a
recording of the 911 call
via FOIA request and provided it to
Operation Rescue, an organization committed to documenting medical emergencies caused by
abortion clinics.
The Planned Parenthood staffer who called 911 told the dispatcher that the
hemorrhaging woman was sedated. The abortionist was attempting to mitigate the
bleeding by inserting a catheter, adding sutures, and administering the drug
Methergine.
Operation Rescue wrote, "These clues suggest the abortionist had lacerated or
perforated the woman's uterus, and possibly other internal organs."
Available 911 records do not indicate whether the patient survived.
“We hope and pray this woman survived this horrific ordeal,” said Operation
Rescue President Troy Newman. “It is all so senseless. A baby didn’t have to
die that day, and this woman did not have to be maimed or possibly killed.”
Planned Parenthood in Flossmoor commits abortions up to 22 weeks gestation.
