Is Planned Parenthood of Indiana under-reporting surgical abortions?

In light of a claim by an Indianapolis Planned Parenthood clinic staff member that they perform 90 surgical abortions a week, we decided to see if those numbers checked out. The math doesn't add up.

We are asking Planned Parenthood of Indiana to disclose how many abortions they perform at each of their three surgical clinics in the state.

Their YouTube channel is at: http://www.youtube.com/ppindiana
Go leave a message on their channel asking them to be transparent and tell us what the real story is.

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[mandyvonne]

Thank you for the link to the ppin annual report. I have to go to work right now but I will look that up when I get off tonight. I concede that you are right about that, but I still can't rule out that that particular clinic worker may have been slightly off about exactly how many they do every day, or that all centers do the same amount. And I don't necessarily believe that medical abortions don't count for that total. I know a girl who just had a medical abortion (I went with her for part of

[LiveActionFilms]

@mandyvonne Sure and we are not saying that they are under-reporting for sure...just that her statements raise questions considering they don't seem to match their annual reports. So in fairness the video is titled "Is Planned Parenthood of Indiana under-reporting surgical abortions? " not "Proof Planned Parenthood of Indiana under-reports surgical abortions". Medication abortions can be done any time so her statement of "3 times a week" shows she isn't talking about that.

[mandyvonne]

I missed the 2008 in the video, but this still was posted in december 2008, so it was possibly shot nearly a year after the 2007 statistics. perhaps abortions had gone up around that time period? from the information provided in the video there isn't enough data to conclude if planned parenthood misrepresented anything.

[LiveActionFilms]

@mandyvonne I just looked at the 2008 numbers and Planned Parenthood reported that they did 5 less abortions (3,918) in 2008 in Indiana than in 2008. The video was recorded in summer of 2008.

You can see the total yourself at ppin d o t org/documents/ppin_2008_annual­_report.pdf

[mandyvonne]

This video appears to be misleading. First of all, the abortions performed would be both surgical and medical, and the total on the chart was 5160, not 3923. Also, I would assume that clinics not in Indianapolis probably do many fewer abortions, I would doubt that the number is equal. Not to mention that this is just the estimated amount the clinic worker thinks are performed, which could be way off, who knows. And lastly, when was the video shot? The same year of the statistics? who knows.

[LiveActionFilms]

@mandyvonne People don't so medical abortion at clinics. Also the 2008 stat says there were even less surgical abortion in 2008 (3,918). This video was shot June 24th, 2008. This video is from the same visit as this video... Sexual Abuse of 13-Year-Old is No Problem to Indianapolis Planned Parenthood watch?v=hTxsWZz9whg

[BenjaminWirtz]

Aargh, this is increasingly pissing me off. We must stop them, now.

[angelmelendez]

There's nothing worse than when the blind wants to remain blind.

[n4kma]

Pro-lifers, learn the TRUTH about Abortion & Choice. Most abortions are unwanted or coerced. Many are forced. Learn what you can do about it. Go to theunchoice(dot)com and clinicquotes(dot)com.