On Thursday, NPR broadcasted an audio recording of a woman having an abortion on the outlet’s Michigan Morning Edition.
Reporter Katie Wells narrates the recording as an 11-week-old pre-born child is aborted at the Northland Family Planning in the greater Detroit area. A woman named Brandy tells the unnamed mother to “just keep breathing” as a vacuum sound can be heard.
“You did it!” says another unnamed person.
“Most patients are partially awake during the procedures, they get IV medication for pain and anxiety,” Wells narrates during the 11-minute segment. “The lights are dimmed, there’s soothing music, it actually feels a lot like a childbirth, in a medical gown, your bare legs and stirrups, and a person next to you, saying, ‘You can do this.'”
“I almost didn’t want to tweet this but it’s something everyone needs to know,” said Senior Strategist for X Strategies Greg Price. “NPR on the radio this morning played audio of a woman getting an abortion. You can hear the vacuum turning on, crying, moaning, and the doctor telling her it’s done.”
“Warning: It’s tough to listen to.”
I almost didn't want to tweet this but it's something everyone needs to know. NPR on the radio this morning played audio of a woman getting an abortion. You can hear the vacuum turning on, crying, moaning, and the doctor telling her it's done.
Warning: It's tough to listen to. pic.twitter.com/nlSNz0m5Ka
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 3, 2022
“The left always talks in euphemisms when it comes to abortion,” Price continued. “‘Choice,’ ‘reproductive care,’ etc. But this clip puts on full display the what an abortion actually is: violence and full on dehumanization of the unborn. That’s why it’s important to share. To show reality.”
“So listen to that audio It’s incredibly tough but it’s important. Listen to it and then think to yourself about how the only pitch the Democrat Party is making to the voters in the midterm election is more of that.”
So listen to that audio It's incredibly tough but it's important. Listen to it and then think to yourself about how the only pitch the Democrat Party is making to the voters in the midterm election is more of that.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 3, 2022
Wells released an article last Wednesday highlighting several abortion seekers during a nine-day period in what appears to be an effort to gin up support for Michigan’s midterm election.
“The night before her abortion, Melissa dropped her kids off w/ grandparents, drove nearly 4 hrs, and got to a hotel in MI around 3 am,” said Wells of one patient in her investigation. “She’s part of the record surge of out of state patients coming to MI for abortions post-Roe.”
The night before her abortion, Melissa dropped her kids off w/ grandparents, drove nearly 4 hrs, and got to a hotel in MI around 3 am. She's part of the record surge of out of state patients coming to MI for abortions post-Roe. 🧵 https://t.co/NrRY6lurun
— Kate Wells (@KateLouiseWells) October 26, 2022
Wells went into further detail on the patient who was reportedly 14 weeks pregnant at the time of her abortion. The patient had allegedly had been seeking an abortion for several months.
“She arrived at Northland Family planning by 8 am. She sunk into the chair in their warm, sunny waiting room and started crying from exhaustion & relief. ‘It shouldn’t be this hard,’ she said, wiping away tears with the cuff of her sweatshirt.”
She arrived at Northland Family planning by 8 am. She sunk into the chair in their warm, sunny waiting room and started crying from exhaustion & relief. “It shouldn't be this hard,” she said, wiping away tears with the cuff of her sweatshirt.
— Kate Wells (@KateLouiseWells) October 26, 2022
Wells continued insisting “abortion rights” were at stake in Michigan’s midterm election.
One user responded to Wells by criticizing NPR for the article claiming the outlet only reported on abortion from a pro-abortion stories.
“I have to disagree that doing a story inside an abortion clinic is somehow “pro-abortion,'” Wells responded to the user. “Abortion is on the ballot in Nov. I’d argue that getting to see what’s actually happening in clinics right now isn’t biased, it’s factual.”
