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Planned Parenthood calls itself “America’s Most Trusted Name in Sexual Health.” They have been praised by radical Democrats like Kamala Harris for “providing health care in a safe place that gives people dignity.” In 2018 when a Missouri Planned Parenthood was shut down for using moldy abortion equipment the president of the business simply said their patients will not have access to “the health care they need.” This spin can distract from the reality of what happens behind Planned Parenthood’s closed doors.

Here are three of Planned Parenthood’s biggest myths.

Myth: Planned Parenthood provides critical health care to minority women.

Fact: Planned Parenthood was founded by Margaret Sanger, who was a believer and supporter of eugenics. Today, 79% of Planned Parenthood’s surgical abortion facilities are located within walking distance of African American and/or Hispanic communities.

Sanger described her goal as “the gradual suppression, elimination and eventual extinction, of defective stocks – those human weeds which threaten the blooming of the finest flowers of American civilization.” As part of her “Negro Project,” she proposed engaging “colored ministers” to “straighten out” the “more rebellious members” of their community who might be wary of her intentions.

What does this have to do with present-day Planned Parenthood? First, they claim to have had a reckoning with Sanger’s “racist legacy” and their “contributions to historical reproductive harm within communities of color.” But that hasn’t stopped them from being sued for discrimination by Black former employees who say they faced a pattern of mistreatment.

It hasn’t stopped them from racking up record numbers of abortions that decimate minority communities, either. According to CDC data in 2021, compared with White women, abortion rates were almost twice as high among Hispanic women and more than four times higher among Black women.

Black women like Toni weren’t given other options. Toni became pregnant in high school. Her boyfriend pressured her to abort their child; she felt scared and alone. When she went to Planned Parenthood, she asked to see her ultrasound. The worker refused, telling Toni her baby was not worth saving. Once the worker finally did let Toni see the screen, she said her baby was “nothing” and just the size of a pea, even though Toni was seven weeks along.

Toni says, “I wanted to keep my child but needed help.”

Now, Toni speaks out for women coerced into getting abortions. Her message to Planned Parenthood and the politicians who support them: “Is this the best they think they can do for the Black community?”

Myth: Planned Parenthood always makes sure women are fully informed before an abortion.

Fact: Planned Parenthood gives misleading information about abortion, undermining women’s right to informed consent.

One common theme women report about their experiences at Planned Parenthood, again and again, is refusal to let them see the ultrasound – even on request.

On their website, Planned Parenthood claims their “professional, caring staff…will give you all the straight-up information you need to help you make the right decision for you.”

But where is this professional, caring, honest staff for women like Mayela who walk through their doors?

Mayela went to a Planned Parenthood as a young immigrant girl after discovering she was pregnant. When she arrived and told them she was pregnant, the first thing they said to her was, “But you don’t have to be.” Mayela describes how the staff went on to make her feel hopeless:

“You have no support, you have no money, you just need to try again later.”

Because Mayela did not speak English well, she didn’t know what Planned Parenthood meant when they told her she didn’t have to be pregnant. She didn’t even know what an abortion was. She hoped to talk to a doctor, but at her appointment, she was pressured to sign a form without a translator and taken to a back room where she was put to sleep. She says:

“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.”

Planned Parenthood did not offer Mayela informed consent, nor did they offer her a choice other than abortion.

Planned Parenthood also takes advantage of women’s sense of altruism, telling them “donating” their baby’s body will help find cures for diseases like diabetes, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, cancer and AIDS, according to a consent form uncovered by citizen journalists at the Center for Medical Progress. It’s just not true – and in reality, Planned Parenthood stands to gain thousands of dollars a piece from selling fresh organs.

Myth: Planned Parenthood should be trusted over pregnancy resource centers.

Fact: 97% of pregnancy center clients report positive experiences – higher than many of America’s favorite brands..

Planned Parenthood makes money when women have abortions, with former employees even revealing that the organization would give rewards like pizza parties for meeting abortion sales quotas. In contrast, thousands of pregnancy centers across the United States provide vital support for moms and babies typically free of charge.

Though Planned Parenthood tells women to “beware of anti-abortion crisis-pregnancy centers [sic],” survivors of human trafficking like Jean Marie strongly disagree:

“I was trafficked from the age of two to the age of 29. When I finally ran for my life and got out, I found out I was pregnant. I went into a pregnancy center in New Hampshire and the women there asked me, ‘How can we help you?’ After hearing the heartbeat of my child – because I was abortion-minded at the time – I asked them, ‘Now what? I’m pregnant, I’m homeless, can you help me?’ And they helped me get into a program…now I do the same thing with helping women that are being trafficked or going through unplanned pregnancies.”

Without the truly empowering lifeline Jean Marie received at a pregnancy resource center, she says, “I would have been dead.”

Some of the horrors going on inside Planned Parenthood are so egregious, even legacy media outlets have noticed. A recent New York Times article exposed ineptitude at Planned Parenthood centers across the country, such as inserting an IUD in a woman who was already several months pregnant and went on to have a stillbirth, and even a case where sewage was allowed to leak into a recovery room for days and nauseate patients.