Disaster NPR shocks by airing audio of woman getting an abortion: 'Disturbing and evil on every level' - NPR correspondent notes 'soothing music' playing, says it feels 'like a childbirth'

By Brian Flood | Fox News
Published November 3, 2022 4:26pm EDT

NPR shocked social media on Thursday when it aired audio of a Michigan woman having an abortion.

The 11-minute segment noted that women have been traveling to Michigan in "record numbers" in search of abortions since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade earlier this year. The polarizing issue is on the ballot when Michiganders head out to vote on Election Day, and NPR dispatched journalist Kate Wells to an abortion clinic outside Detroit to observe procedures and talk to patients.

Along the way, Wells met a woman who decided to terminate a pregnancy and allowed NPR to record the audio. The woman had her abortion at "about 11 weeks," according to Wells, who put a spotlight on the dim lighting and "soothing music" that she claimed makes it feel "a lot like a childbirth."


A group of anti-abortion protesters crashes the Women's March Action Rally for Reproductive Rights at Mariachi Plaza in Los Angeles, California, on Oct. 8, 2022. ( DAVID MCNEW / AFP) (Photo by DAVID MCNEW/AFP via Getty Images)

Listeners were told the woman would be "partially awake," and the sound of a machine could be heard terminating her pregnancy as a staffer named Brandy consoled the distraught woman. At one point, the woman says the cramps as it's happening are to painful.

"Within just a couple of minutes, it’s over," Wells told listeners as the woman moaned.

"You did it," Brandy said. "You did great."

Conservative strategist Greg Price hesitantly shared a clip of NPR’s audio, which quickly went viral and outraged conservatives.

"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," Price wrote with the accompanying audio.

"The left always talks in euphemisms when it comes to abortion. ‘Choice,’ ‘reproductive care,’ etc. But this clip puts on full display what an abortion actually is: violence and full on dehumanization of the unborn. That's why it's important to share. To show reality," Price wrote in a follow-up tweet.

"So listen to that audio. It's incredibly tough but it's important," he added. "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."


NPR shocked listeners on Thursday when it aired audio of a Michigan woman having an abortion. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Many on the right questioned NPR's decision and whether it would backfire, while others were simply disgusted.

"Hard to imagine what NPR was thinking with this. But pro-life ads have often been taken down or rejected for showing how horrific an abortion process is. If NPR's goal was to normalize abortions, it seems like this chilling segment might have the opposite impact," GOP communications flack Matt Whitlock wrote.

NPR did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

"This is disturbing and evil on every level," the conservative Media Research Center tweeted.


McKayla Wolff left and Karen Wolff, joined hands as they rallied for abortion rights at the capitol in St. Paul, Minn., on Sunday July 17, 2022. (Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via Getty Images) (Jerry Holt/Star Tribune)

"I couldn’t bring myself to listen to it. This is not mercy," author Helen Raleigh wrote.

"So disturbing," author Chadwich Moore responded while the Young America's Foundation responded simply, "Gross."

Popular Twitter account Libs of TikTok called it "demonic," and journalist Bethany Mandel refused to listen.

"I’m going to caveat this tweet with the fact that I am have not and will not listen to it. But this kind of tactic, showing Americans the reality of abortion, might really backfire," Mandel responded.

Fox News Radio’s Guy Benson called it "stomach-turning" and Daily Caller’s Nicole Silverio called it "heart wrenching."

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[Larry David's Opera Cape]

Terfs pulling the "wassup my fellow racists, let's find some common ground and kill some unborn niggers, eh wot?" will never stop sending my sides into orbit.

Just because you're a POS who doesn't see any intrinsic value in human life doesn't mean the rest of us edgelords are too, gals.

 

[Ita Mori]

NPR correspondent notes 'soothing music' playing, says it feels 'like a childbirth'

Crucify it and set it ablaze.

 

[Chandelier]

Your bullshit sleights of hand have gotten out of hand.

In the specific case I mentioned, it wasn't. There are other cases where incomplete miscarriages have had to gone septic for the women to receive care.

Terfs pulling the "wassup my fellow racists, let's find some common ground and kill some unborn niggers, eh wot?" will never stop sending my sides into orbit.

Just because you're a POS who doesn't see any intrinsic value in human life doesn't mean the rest of us edgelords are too, gals.

Well, going by adoption rates, they aren't much loved once they are born either. Depending on where you look, they're around 25-40% of those in adoption services, yet are adopted at a much lower rate. White infants tend to be preferred. What is also funny is that black babies are also cheaper to adopt, at around $18,000 (these numbers are from a few years back, and have not been adjusted for inflation), while white babies are $35,000. Some info here.

 

[Zero Day Defense]

In the specific case I mentioned--

No, stop that. You weren't talking about a specific whatever at that point, you were making a response to a person's position. Said person exactingly described a circumstance that wasn't pronounced risk of maternal death.

 

[Commissar Fuklaw]

With my 17 week old daughter on my knee after changing her nappy, feeding her and burping her, reading that headline while hearing her talk in her beautiful voice upsets me beyond words.

 

[Manul Otocolobus]

If I didn't know any better I'd think NPR was trying to influence the election, but I have no doubt it horribly backfired. Idiots.

 

[Chandelier]

Your point being what exactly?

Well, their needs should definitely be prioritized, especially in regards to adoption.

Yeah because suzy rottencrotch had 12 pregnancies all threatening her life. We should totes let anyone shop vac their womb because occasionally there are infrequent medical complications!

12 pregnancies is pretty impressive on their own. But if all of them threatened her life, getting the ole tubes tied would help, yeah?

Medical complications vary. They can be minor, or they can lead to a spud baby.

>Women in the past either went sterile due to stillbirth or simply died.
so 50/50 odds of sterility or death in case of stillbirth? Really?

You're throwing a lot of claims out with zero evidence and moving goalposts.

Let me steer you back on topic. Do you agree that pre-natal or partial birth infanticide is permissible in all situations?

Traumatic pregnancies - and I do mean in the medical sense, not the ones where it's economically inconvenient - can absolutely affect future fertility. If the goal is to maximize output and have as many babies as possible, you need said fertility.

Yes, really. Stillbirth and death from it were very common hundreds of years ago. You hear often of women having eight kids on average, with the hope some will survive to childhood. In the UK, they have stillbirth registries that began in the 20th century. In Scandinavia, they go back to 1750. This one, from 2006, covers a broad range of it. But basically in the past, the rates were around 40-60 per 1,000 births, and that's if they were recorded. In Hong Kong, it was 125 per 1000. And that was within 1948, so still within (somewhat) living memory.

This is on stillbirth only. Maternal death in the past due to complicated pregnancies is another can of worms, but Our World in Data does have a primer on maternal death in history.

Now, for the question on 'pre natal', you're going to be specific. Which trimester? For partial birth? No, the fetus is already sentient and viable outside the womb.

@Manul Otocolobus we'll have to see. Michigan does have abortion on the ballot, so we'll see in a few days whether voters choose it or reject it.

 

[Alligator Alcatraz]

This is fucking insane. Even to pro-choice advocates, to place abortion on a pedestal is pure creepy lunacy.

Abortion is an embarassing thing to have to endure. It's scary. It's shameful. It takes weeks to adjust hormones just to begin the process. During that time is an extremely emotional period of course as it should. No woman wants to get an abortion, it is always a need. Whether inability to support themselves and a child financially, whether the pregnancy was forced upon them by rape, their body is too weak for child birth, etc. Nobody takes abortion lightly.

The people in this article should never be allowed to speak upon it. It just seems like it is a fetish to them, which is utterly Satanic. It is frightening to think such people are given a platform on media whereas websites like Kiwi Farms are silenced.

So yes. I stand by everything I said in my first post. Mothers murdering their own children in the womb are absolute scum and need to face severe consequences, as do their enablers.

It happens all the time in nature. Adult animals literally murder their own young and the young of others for their own preservation. This is nature. It makes no difference if humans do it. Child bearers will always prioritize their own safety over a child. It's why life still exists. Get over it, snowflake.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320717303634

 

[Chandelier]

Whose needs? Holy shit stop beating around the bush a make an assertion of some kind.

The argument made is that black children are aborted the most. Statistically, they are, and statistically, they are adopted less. So there is little care for them even after they are born, which is ironic from the side claiming to want to save them.

This appears to be the crux of your argument as to why infanticide should be permitted. Below:


Half-century or older statistics on stillbirths and maternal death simply not relevant.

You mentioned 'the past' and 'history' so yes, they are. If we're going back to my point on stillbirth/traumatic birth affecting fertility, there is modern data for that. Stillbirths are higher among IVF recipients than natural births, but trauma can be anything from physical to mental.

What is the rate of stillbirths in =current_year() north america?
According to your 2006 source, it is 3 per 1000 in north america in the year 2000 or 0.3%
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What is the overall all-cause non-accident rate of maternal death?
According to your 2017 statistics it's 0.024% (24/100K) in the USA.
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What about rate of sterility resulting from stillbirth?
[no data provided]


I asked you the question. Up to which point to you believe women should have their children ground up to a fine paste in the womb? Partial birth murder is off the table. But what is the limit?

You asked about stillbirths in history, so I offered some background info, because you insisted it never happened. Stillbirth registries do reveal higher stillbirth rates in the past, where maternal deaths were higher, and have decreased with better access to healthcare. In terms of stillbirth affecting future fertility, this is doubly true for those seeking IVF - another procedure that involves the destruction of embryos. The graph provided by OWID does show maternal mortality rates being excessively high in the past - which you did balk at.

In regards to your second question, on what term limits I believe in: first trimester, yes, second trimester, if there are fetal anomalies or other issues, and third trimester, no, unless the fetus is dead and cannot be expelled naturally. But in terms of a specific limit point - consciousness. Which can be around 22 weeks, which is when you can argue the fetus actually feels pain as it actually is aware of its surroundings.

So according to you, we should all be OK with universal access to infanticide because .024% of women may die during childbirth, an unknown percentage of which MAY HAVE resulted from a stillbirth, which itself occurs at a rate of 0.3%.

Those are modern numbers, you specifically mentioned the past, so I brought up stillbirth registries. Modern medicine has worked wonders. In the past, many stillbirths were not recorded or there were no registries to report them.

Your argument is laughable. These medical complications you cited occur at rates which are utterly insignificant. Especially compared to the 630,000 babies murdered by their own mothers while still in the womb in 2019.

Alright, as we are on the murder train: bring them to term. Now, you need to feed them and give them post natal care. If a woman doesn't want it, give it up for adoption. However, those wanting to adopt routinely complain of all the government overreach regarding adoption and how long it takes (lol). And, as previously mentioned, adoption rates by race are not as representative as you think they are. In terms of maternity care, that should be made a must, as it would help those women in need, but that is determinant on the woman's place of employment. Even most Muslim nations have maternity care.

If you want to defend in-the-womb infanticide, just say you want to control-z the baby for convenience, financial or lifestyle reasons because your flimsy argumentation isn't doing you any favors.

The other side of this is that you want them to be born, regardless of circumstances, and are not willing to provide the social services to them once they are born. This has been argued before, especially in the abortion containment thread, and while some are willing to grant more to mothers in need, others say it's too expensive. On the other side, this highlights the need for better sex education (abstinence only does not work), birth control, and greater access to maternity care and services. That is how you reduce abortion rates.

Women could also consider not having sex with men who are not your husband, but you know, muh cummies n shiet.

So yes. I stand by everything I said in my first post. Mothers murdering their own children in the womb are absolute scum and need to face severe consequences, as do their enablers.

Men are the ones who impregnate women. If they conceive a child out of wedlock, as it is in the Bible, they should be punished - and, in some texts, the bastard has to go too, with a 'cursed drink'. Mothers have to pay the price - but the fathers, strangely, do not for helping produce that child.

In regards to the specific case I mentioned, where the pro life woman was forced to end a much wanted pregnancy: it is pleasing to know that even in the worst case circumstances, where quality of life is concerned, they are forever scum, and on the same level of the Army of God.

 

[CircuSphere]

The next time some soy chugging commie faggot tries to tell me that "NPR is fair and balanced and neutral" I'm just going to blast this shit.

The blatant abortion worship in the modern feminist movement has firmly convinced me that women have no souls.

You would have thought one of the grown children died when my wife had a miss. These bitches are all traumatized by their own callous and selfish behavior, it's why they cling to their slogans and militant feminism so hard. It's all cope because they are fucking dead inside.

It happens all the time in nature. Adult animals literally murder their own young and the young of others for their own preservation. This is nature. It makes no difference if humans do it. Child bearers will always prioritize their own safety over a child. It's why life still exists. Get over it, snowflake.

Yeah but only if she can't physically feed the lot of them or if a predator has found the burrow, etc. It's not normal animal behavior, it's extreme animal behavior that goes against the prime directive of every organism on earth. It's not something to be done lightly. It only makes sense as a strategy if you have another litter and don't eat them.

Healthy women sacrificing babies to molach is 100% pure human degeneracy (or a societal sickness/threat more profound than a literal predator coming to eat your children).

 

[Manul Otocolobus]

A gentle reminder that 40% of the black population is culled through abortion. Not that BLM supporters care.

This is one of the few things that stops many people from hating on abortion, the fact that it generally keeps us from being overrun by ferals and joggers.

 

[BrunoMattei]

Meh, I've heard worse.

 

[Flexo]

I wonder if this will be on the next episode of Peter Boghossian's NPR critique show.

Raise your hand if you want a shirt!


(I wonder if I can add a patch: "Because they murdered a baby live on air.")

 

[Crysocyan]

This is one of the few things that stops many people from hating on abortion, the fact that it generally keeps us from being overrun by ferals and joggers.

That's genocide

 

[Manul Otocolobus]

That's genocide

So? What's your point?

 

[Crysocyan]

So? What's your point?

Genocide is bad, because murder is evil, and prohibited by God.

 

[RussianBlonde]

You carry the baby to term and give it a proper and dignified burial like any other human being. You experience the stillbirth like all other women have throughout history. You live through the pain and anguish and grow as a person with your husband's love and support. You do not scrape it out of you like a portion of exploded cannelloni out of the microwave.

They're trying to remove any element of humanity out of our biology and I refuse to play along.

Only a mentally ill psychopath, like level of Dr Mengele, would want to see a woman go through stillbirth if it can be avoided. If you truly refuse to play along in the "removal of humanity in peoples biology" then next time you find yourself in a hospital needing a surgery or a tooth extraction, you demand they do it without anesthesia or better do nothing at all, after all people throughout history experienced that.

Terfs pulling the "wassup my fellow racists, let's find some common ground and kill some unborn niggers, eh wot?" will never stop sending my sides into orbit.

Just because you're a POS who doesn't see any intrinsic value in human life doesn't mean the rest of us edgelords are too, gals.

You seem to be hating on TERFS a lot, are you sure you're in the right place? Maybe you should join your sisters on r/transgender.

This is fucking insane. Even to pro-choice advocates, to place abortion on a pedestal is pure creepy lunacy.

Abortion is an embarassing thing to have to endure. It's scary. It's shameful. It takes weeks to adjust hormones just to begin the process. During that time is an extremely emotional period of course as it should. No woman wants to get an abortion, it is always a need. Whether inability to support themselves and a child financially, whether the pregnancy was forced upon them by rape, their body is too weak for child birth, etc. Nobody takes abortion lightly.

LOL, nice fantasy. You know, many women just don't want to be pregnant/have children. For most women it's not an emotional period, it wasn't for me, it wasn't for all my friends that had it. When I got pregnant and had an abortion years ago the only thing I felt afterwards was a relief and happiness I could just terminate unwanted pregnancy in a medical facility.

The only women who find the procedure emotional and find it hard to cope afterwards are the ones who grew up surrounded by faggots like you, who tell them it's "shameful", it's a baby murder etc.

Dear bible thumping autists, if you care about life so much you start giving up your kidneys for transplants. I wonder if you spend equal amount of time shaming deadbeat baby daddies who were more than happy to get their dick wet without a condom but are nowhere to be found once the woman gets pregnant. Cos with all the sperging currently going on about the abortion and women I yet to see one thread about that subject.

It's almost as if the US didn't have bigger issues, you know...recession, inflation, societal decay; also your president is a pedophile and now has dementia too. Perfect timing I'd say to create distraction and press the emergency button known as Roe vs Wade, and divide the nation and have them fight each other. It worked so well with covid vaccines and mask mandates but that borehole dried up now.

 

[Seething Troon Collector]

I can't get over the fact that somebody, somewhere, in the halls of NPR thought that of all things they could do, THIS is how they were going to get their message across. That'll educate those ovary and real vagina possessing persons. What the actual fuck has this political alignment come to, they're so divorced from reality.

I also want to take note that while I don't lean one way or another on abortion and give about as much weight to it as the abortion ED article, what's up with all of these pro abortion protests being filled with women who either look like they hate guys AND/OR you wouldn't want to have sex with them at all and the world doesn't produce enough alcohol to change your mind. I guess I know where the non-Impreza Subaru meets are now though.

 

[WelfareNiggerQueen]

I can't get over the fact that somebody, somewhere, in the halls of NPR thought that of all things they could do, THIS is how they were going to get their message across. That'll educate those ovary and real vagina possessing persons. What the actual fuck has this political alignment come to, they're so divorced from reality.

They probably thought it was like watching rocket artillery videos from the Eastern European civil wars from the 90's except in this you can still hear the drug dulled pained grunts and with the rocket videos once you give it some time after watching realize how many people just got turned into mince meat after that barrage of rockets being sent out into the town then get depressed after reading the comments from the people who lived through the wars.

 

[Squid Diddler]

Dear bible thumping autists, if you care about life so much you start giving up your kidneys for transplants. I wonder if you spend equal amount of time shaming deadbeat baby daddies who were more than happy to get their dick wet without a condom but are nowhere to be found once the woman gets pregnant. Cos with all the sperging currently going on about the abortion and women I yet to see one thread about that subject.

I absolutely do, you dumb cunt. Ever heard of Jerry Springer? Or Maury? People love judging those retards. Also, why would there be news stories about deadbeat dads? Sounds like a pretty boring read. This story is newsworthy because it has never happened before and is one of the most evil things I have ever heard.

EDIT: there are also fucking laws that force those men to pay for their irresponsibility you absolute mongoloid. If women were punished the same way to the same degree you would lose your tiny mind.

P.S., you should be shamed because you are an admitted baby murderer and in my ideal world you would be in prison.