{"id":320882,"date":"2024-10-30T14:43:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T19:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=320882"},"modified":"2024-10-29T23:37:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T04:37:39","slug":"google-reviews-womens-excruciating-abortion-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/google-reviews-womens-excruciating-abortion-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Reviews show women&#8217;s less-than-empowering, &#8216;excruciating&#8217; abortion experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Euphemisms about abortion as a &#8220;woman\u2019s right&#8221; and &#8220;essential healthcare&#8221; are constantly circulated, even <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/3-things-remember-melania-trump-memoir-abortion\/\">by the likes of<\/a> Melania Trump<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. But while the former First Lady said abortion has to do with a woman\u2019s \u201cpower to determine what she does with her own body,\u201d and that \u201ca woman\u2019s fundamental right of individual liberty, to her own life, grants her the authority to terminate her pregnancy if she wishes,\u201d rarely does a woman&#8217;s abortion experience look like a powerful exercise of authority over her own body.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Live Action News reviewed and collected Google Reviews of abortion facilities in the U.S. between August and October of 2024, ostensibly written by women who have experienced abortion first hand. These stories of abortion experiences are graphic, a far cry from the euphemistic descriptions of abortion as a positive right, and they describe abortion as brutal rather than liberating. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;I heard screams\u2026 Once I got back for my procedure I immediately understood.&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/sMpSmVCfVNmKUrC56\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">review<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=All+Women%E2%80%99s+Health+Center%2C+Inc%2C+in+St.+Petersburg%2C+FL&amp;rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1124&amp;oq=All+Women%E2%80%99s+Health+Center%2C+Inc%2C+in+St.+Petersburg%2C+FL&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigATIHCAQQIRigATIHCAUQIRirAtIBCTE2NTNqMGoxNagCCLACAQ&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All Women\u2019s Health Center, Inc, in St. Petersburg, Florida<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, alleges that women scream and cry during abortions because of intense pain, while medical staff focus on completing the abortions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230; the medicine doesn&#8217;t put you to sleep[;] it puts you in a state to where you can&#8217;t move but you can feel literally everything! The pain was not worth it.&#8221; The client recommended a different abortion facility instead.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-320964\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/alex-teirl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"708\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/alex-teirl.jpg 708w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/alex-teirl-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/alex-teirl-700x316.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/alex-teirl-500x226.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;Doctor\u2026 cursed at me&#8230; because I said I was hurting.&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/g.co\/kgs\/xU8sGTT\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">review<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=A+Woman%E2%80%99s+Center+of+Hollywood+in+Hollywood&amp;rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1124&amp;oq=A+Woman%E2%80%99s+Center+of+Hollywood+in+Hollywood&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRhAMgYIAhBFGEDSAQkxMTMyajBqMTWoAgiwAgE&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Woman\u2019s Center of Hollywood<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Florida, a doctor yelled and cursed at a patient during her abortion when she mentioned her pain. \u201cI hated my whole experience with him\u2026 he is very mean,\u201d the woman wrote. Is this what empowerment during abortion looks and feels like?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-320965\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Quandras-World.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"699\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Quandras-World.jpg 699w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Quandras-World-300x85.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Quandras-World-500x142.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;This was excruciating. Unimaginable pain.&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/g.co\/kgs\/w4DhtsF\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">review<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=+North+Florida+Women%E2%80%99s+Services%2C+in+Tallahassee%2C+FL%2C&amp;sca_esv=a9f17ef530a862b4&amp;rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1124&amp;sxsrf=ADLYWIJ_5PQhUWBNqFJr6t_twLqVNY9lcg%3A1729527103261&amp;ei=P30WZ-fTD8y3wN4PkdjMoAU&amp;ved=0ahUKEwin7_nE7p-JAxXMG9AFHREsE1QQ4dUDCA8&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=+North+Florida+Women%E2%80%99s+Services%2C+in+Tallahassee%2C+FL%2C&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiNiBOb3J0aCBGbG9yaWRhIFdvbWVu4oCZcyBTZXJ2aWNlcywgaW4gVGFsbGFoYXNzZWUsIEZMLDIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMggQABiABBiiBDIIEAAYogQYiQUyCBAAGIAEGKIESOMNUMUHWMUHcAF4AZABAJgB4AKgAeACqgEDMy0xuAEDyAEA-AEB-AECmAICoAKUA6gCFMICBxAjGCcY6gLCAhAQLhjHARgnGOoCGI4FGK8BwgIHEC4YJxjqAsICFhAAGAMYtAIY5QIY6gIYjAMYjwHYAQHCAhYQLhgDGLQCGOUCGOoCGIwDGI8B2AEBmAMeugYGCAEQARgLkgcFMS4zLTGgB7oG&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> North Florida Women\u2019s Services, in Tallahassee, Florida,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> claims that the doctor of the facility was extremely rude and rough while he was performing the abortion. How did abortion protect this woman\u2019s bodily autonomy? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe doctor is very rough. I screamed and cried,&#8221; K. Pearson wrote. &#8220;They give minimum gas. I felt mistreated. I\u2019ve had a surgical procedure before and only felt pressure. This was excruciating. Unimaginable pain. He scraped and d[u]g like nobody\u2019s business. I ask[ed] him to stop. It was that painful. He showed no compassion. Didn\u2019t talk much or offered comforting words. It\u2019s almost like he gets pleasure out of your pain.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-320966\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/pearson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"694\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/pearson.jpg 694w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/pearson-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/pearson-500x223.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;It was so painful it felt like I was being punished&#8230;&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A woman <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/g.co\/kgs\/G15HbpH\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">describes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> how she felt like the doctor was \u201cpunishing\u201d her while committing her abortion at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=+North+Florida+Women%E2%80%99s+Services%2C+in+Tallahassee%2C+FL%2C&amp;sca_esv=a9f17ef530a862b4&amp;rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1124&amp;sxsrf=ADLYWIJ_5PQhUWBNqFJr6t_twLqVNY9lcg%3A1729527103261&amp;ei=P30WZ-fTD8y3wN4PkdjMoAU&amp;ved=0ahUKEwin7_nE7p-JAxXMG9AFHREsE1QQ4dUDCA8&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=+North+Florida+Women%E2%80%99s+Services%2C+in+Tallahassee%2C+FL%2C&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiNiBOb3J0aCBGbG9yaWRhIFdvbWVu4oCZcyBTZXJ2aWNlcywgaW4gVGFsbGFoYXNzZWUsIEZMLDIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMggQABiABBiiBDIIEAAYogQYiQUyCBAAGIAEGKIESOMNUMUHWMUHcAF4AZABAJgB4AKgAeACqgEDMy0xuAEDyAEA-AEB-AECmAICoAKUA6gCFMICBxAjGCcY6gLCAhAQLhjHARgnGOoCGI4FGK8BwgIHEC4YJxjqAsICFhAAGAMYtAIY5QIY6gIYjAMYjwHYAQHCAhYQLhgDGLQCGOUCGOoCGIwDGI8B2AEBmAMeugYGCAEQARgLkgcFMS4zLTGgB7oG&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Florida Women\u2019s Services, in Tallahassee, Florida<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Her review doesn&#8217;t show abortion as empowering at all; in fact, she stated that she &#8220;had to <strong>resort<\/strong> to abortion for the third time in my life <strong>regrettably<\/strong>&#8221; (emphasis added).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cIt was so painful it felt like I was being punished as if the dr had some type of aggression towards me,\u201d she wrote, adding that she &#8220;also heard at least two other patients screaming and crying&#8230;.&#8221; She concluded, &#8220;Something doesn&#8217;t sit right with me about this dr or what happened today.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-320967\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/wyld.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/wyld.jpg 687w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/wyld-300x101.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/wyld-500x168.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;I laid on the table while 4 nurses held me down&#8230; as I screamed and squirmed&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/dgNPu7H5a8NNcSB58\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">review<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=planned+parenthood+west+hartford&amp;sca_esv=673b5efe1873ee37&amp;sca_upv=1&amp;rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1124&amp;sxsrf=ADLYWILRhuLBGzkGk_0ishNw1l8VXffKrw%3A1724875074837&amp;ei=QoHPZoLkMpDbwN4PjI2TgAY&amp;gs_ssp=eJwFwcENgCAMAMD41SX4-KaCCcIIblFs0RgFRRIY37t-kLucKpxwvxo6N0JbLBskjYzB6sUbBy1sygJssyZjlCdaxXNhjEziwcyxHCmRqPwVcWAuIWX6AVreG9A&amp;oq=planned+parenthood+west+hartfor&amp;gs_lp=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&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Planned Parenthood West Hartford Center<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in West Hartford, Connecticut, alleged<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a nightmarish scene in which a teen describes her abortion as a traumatic violation of her person; it doesn&#8217;t sound at all like exercising her &#8216;bodily autonomy&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cInstead of stopping to check on me, they held me down and held my legs open,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;I\u2019m 21 now and luckily for them, the statutes of limitations for a lawsuit has passed so I unfortunately can\u2019t really sue, otherwise I\u2019d absolutely sue the life out of them and own this clinic. I still suffer from PTSD to this day and I\u2019m in therapy for it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-320968\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/skylar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"706\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/skylar.jpg 706w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/skylar-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/skylar-700x262.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/skylar-500x187.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;The most excruciating pain I\u2019ve ever experienced in my life&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The woman who posted this <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/g.co\/kgs\/kYcpQRs\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">review<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Lakeland+Woman%E2%80%99s+Health+Center%2C+Inc%2C+in+Lakeland%2C+FL%2C+&amp;sca_esv=a9f17ef530a862b4&amp;rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1124&amp;sxsrf=ADLYWIJeQbjZYQb1A-kV9YkPmkxta2BgvQ%3A1729527894975&amp;ei=VoAWZ6KNO-iHp84P_fngwQY&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiikLy-8Z-JAxXow8kDHf08OGgQ4dUDCA8&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=Lakeland+Woman%E2%80%99s+Health+Center%2C+Inc%2C+in+Lakeland%2C+FL%2C+&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiOExha2VsYW5kIFdvbWFu4oCZcyBIZWFsdGggQ2VudGVyLCBJbmMsIGluIExha2VsYW5kLCBGTCwgMgYQABgWGB4yCBAAGIAEGKIEMggQABiABBiiBDIIEAAYgAQYogQyCBAAGIAEGKIESMEJUM4GWM4GcAF4AZABAJgBaqABaqoBAzAuMbgBA8gBAPgBAfgBApgCAqAClQGoAhLCAgcQIxgnGOoCwgIQEC4YxwEYJxjqAhiOBRivAcICBxAuGCcY6gLCAhYQABgDGLQCGOUCGOoCGIwDGI8B2AEBwgIWEC4YAxi0AhjlAhjqAhiMAxiPAdgBAcICIBAuGIAEGJECGLQCGMcBGMgDGIoFGOoCGI4FGK8B2AEBwgIdEC4YgAQYkQIYtAIYxwEYyAMYigUY6gIYrwHYAQGYAyO6BgYIARABGAuSBwMxLjGgB4QG&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lakeland Woman\u2019s Health Center, Inc<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in Lakeland, Florida, just five months ago, learned that Big Abortion doesn\u2019t work for women\u2019s best interests, despite what the media claims. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was told i\u2019d only feel a little bit of pain and wouldn\u2019t remember most of the procedure. I remember every second of it and had the most excruciating pain I\u2019ve ever experienced in my life. I screamed in pain and they told me I couldn&#8217;t scream in there. Like what?? The next day I woke up with blood everywhere and had to be rushed to the emergency room. They then had to do a D and C procedure to get what this clinic missed. If I were you I would go somewhere else. This place is absolutely horrible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-320969\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jaleigha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jaleigha.jpg 687w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jaleigha-300x104.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jaleigha-500x173.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;It feels like a slow excruciating death to your body&#8230;\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/g.co\/kgs\/DzZZUsC\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">review <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Lakeland+Woman%E2%80%99s+Health+Center%2C+Inc%2C+in+Lakeland%2C+FL%2C+&amp;sca_esv=a9f17ef530a862b4&amp;rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1124&amp;sxsrf=ADLYWIJeQbjZYQb1A-kV9YkPmkxta2BgvQ%3A1729527894975&amp;ei=VoAWZ6KNO-iHp84P_fngwQY&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiikLy-8Z-JAxXow8kDHf08OGgQ4dUDCA8&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=Lakeland+Woman%E2%80%99s+Health+Center%2C+Inc%2C+in+Lakeland%2C+FL%2C+&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiOExha2VsYW5kIFdvbWFu4oCZcyBIZWFsdGggQ2VudGVyLCBJbmMsIGluIExha2VsYW5kLCBGTCwgMgYQABgWGB4yCBAAGIAEGKIEMggQABiABBiiBDIIEAAYgAQYogQyCBAAGIAEGKIESMEJUM4GWM4GcAF4AZABAJgBaqABaqoBAzAuMbgBA8gBAPgBAfgBApgCAqAClQGoAhLCAgcQIxgnGOoCwgIQEC4YxwEYJxjqAhiOBRivAcICBxAuGCcY6gLCAhYQABgDGLQCGOUCGOoCGIwDGI8B2AEBwgIWEC4YAxi0AhjlAhjqAhiMAxiPAdgBAcICIBAuGIAEGJECGLQCGMcBGMgDGIoFGOoCGI4FGK8B2AEBwgIdEC4YgAQYkQIYtAIYxwEYyAMYigUY6gIYrwHYAQGYAyO6BgYIARABGAuSBwMxLjGgB4QG&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lakeland Woman\u2019s Health Center, Inc<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in Lakeland, Florida, talks about how abortion inflicts excruciating pain on a woman\u2019s body and leaves permanent trauma. From the description, it appears that the woman took the abortion pill.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt feels like a slow excruciating death to your body. The pain literally takes over until you are flailing in the bed or tub floor begging someone, something or anything to make it stop,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;I remember thinking&#8230; this will kill me, I will die from this. I remember pleading with god for 8 hours straight to let me out of this living hell.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Her description may also indicate that she experienced PTSD-like symptoms as a result of her abortion: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNobody told me when you do this at home, you are creating a trauma site forever\u2026 nobody told me this isn\u2019t something you do alone. Nobody told me what to do when you see it, or the smell it would create that stains your brain forever\u2026 Nobody told me about the numb, depressed feeling that comes immediately after it\u2019s over, and how that pain still lingers.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-320970\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/helga.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/helga.jpg 622w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/helga-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/helga-500x256.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;IT WILL TRAUMATIZE YOU!!&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abortion is traumatic, according to this<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/g.co\/kgs\/V4kjKzi\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">review<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=A+Woman%E2%80%99s+Center+of+Hollywood+in+Hollywood&amp;rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1124&amp;oq=A+Woman%E2%80%99s+Center+of+Hollywood+in+Hollywood&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRhAMgYIAhBFGEDSAQkxMTMyajBqMTWoAgiwAgE&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Woman\u2019s Center of Hollywood<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Florida, which describes the shocking lack of care that many women have experienced at abortion facilities: \u201cThe doctor is HORRIBLE!!! He will not give you eye contact, introduce himself, say his name nor even acknowledge you\u2026 you will SEE and FEEL everything they are doing\u2026 I was in severe pain feeling every instrument inside of me.\u201d She later added, &#8220;PLEASE DO NOT GO HERE&#8230; IT WILL TRAUMATIZE YOU!!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-320971\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jane.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jane.jpg 616w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jane-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jane-500x239.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These Google Reviews paint a very different picture of abortion than the one portrayed by the deceptive euphemisms women are fed about abortion as a positive and empowering experience, and as &#8220;basic health care.&#8221; It\u2019s time for society to make true progress towards safeguarding women\u2019s rights by protecting them \u2014 and their children \u2014 from abortion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/resist-pressure-to-dispense-the-abortion-pill\/\"><b><i>Urge Walmart, Costco, Kroger, and other major chains to resist pressure to dispense the abortion pill<\/i><\/b><b><i><\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Euphemisms about abortion as a &#8220;woman\u2019s right&#8221; and &#8220;essential healthcare&#8221; are constantly circulated, even by the likes of Melania Trump. 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