Orange California Planned Parenthood 911 Calls

Posted on October 7, 2025 By Rachel MacNair

by Sarah Terzo

A collection of 911 calls from Planned Parenthood of Orange, California, which took place between 2013 and 2025, shows the organization’s lack of concern about its patients – even those experiencing medical emergencies.

In one 911 recording on February 22, 2013, the Planned Parenthood worker told the operator:

There’s a patient fainting. She was in a wheelchair being transported, and she fell out of the wheelchair, she collapsed, and she’s foaming through [sic] the mouth.

The operator asked if the patient was awake, and the employee replied, “She’s not responsive.”

Then a doctor came on the line and canceled the ambulance. He said he would monitor the patient on his own.

Later that day, staff at Planned Parenthood again called 911, asking them to send an ambulance after all.

The caller told the operator they were “starting oxygen” on the woman. From the recording:

Operator: Is she completely alert?

Planned Parenthood staff: I want to say yes and no; she’s off and on. Again, her blood pressure is dropping.

Operator: Is she breathing normally?

Planned Parenthood staff: Breathing, but again, oxygen is being started.

The rest of the call was redacted.

In a May 9, 2013, call, the Planned Parenthood worker assured the operator that the patient was “awake and breathing normally,” but urged her to send an ambulance “as soon as possible.”

On January 16, 2021, another 911 call was made, due to a “complication of a first-trimester abortion.” In this case, the patient was still sedated when the call was made.

By this time, pro-lifers had accessed several 911 transcripts and were publicizing them. The Planned Parenthood workers became evasive, trying to avoid giving information over the phone.

From a February 13, 2021, call:

Operator: [T]ell me what happened.

Planned Parenthood staff: So, we could give more information as they arrive. To fully brief them when they arrive.

Operator: Okay, I’m sorry, I could barely understand what you’re saying. What’s the medical emergency?

Planned Parenthood staff: For heavy bleeding.

The caller originally wanted to avoid giving information over the phone, but cooperated when the operator asked again.

Another call to 911 on April 5, 2024:

Operator: Okay, tell me what happened.

Planned Parenthood staff: We’re calling because we need to transfer a patient emergently to the hospital for a complication. She is stable. And then we will brief the paramedics once they arrive.

Operator: No, you actually need to tell me, so that I can know what type of equipment to send. What’s the issue with the patient?

Planned Parenthood staff: It’s a pregnancy-related patient.

Again, the worker sought to avoid giving too much information.

The operator asked more questions:

Operator: Is the patient conscious?

Planned Parenthood staff: They mentioned that [the] patient is stable right now.

Operator: Okay. Can you find out if a patient is conscious?

Planned Parenthood staff: Yes, let me check…Yes. Patient is conscious.

Operator: Okay, perfect. What is her age?

Planned Parenthood staff: I don’t have that information right now.

Operator: Is she 10? Is she 20, 30, approximate age?

There is a long pause while the worker tries to find out the injured patient’s age, and then the operator confirms that the emergency is “pregnancy-related” – clearly a euphemism.

In a call on May 31, 2024, the Planned Parenthood worker tried to avoid giving the operator any information:

Planned Parenthood staff: We need to transfer a patient emergently to the hospital for a complication. Right now, she is stable . . .

Operator: And what exactly happened? What’s wrong with her right now?

Planned Parenthood staff: I don’t have the details. The provider is with her, and the doctor will give reports when you guys get here.

Operator: Okay, we need some more information so we know the response to send…Could you check with the doctor and find out the chief complaint, you know, the symptoms that she’s having that she needs to be transported?

Planned Parenthood staff: It’s a pregnancy-related procedure. That’s all the information I have for you.

Operator: Okay, I’ll need some more information, because our response will vary on what’s going on. May I speak to the provider, someone that can give us more information?

On the recording, you can hear the caller asking another person at Planned Parenthood what to say, and that person answering, “Tell her she had a surgical abortion, and she needs to be transferred to the hospital now.”

The worker followed the instructions, and the conversation went on:

Planned Parenthood staff: She had a surgical abortion and needs to be transferred to the hospital now.

Operator: Okay, and does she have any bleeding right now? Do you know if there’s any [inaudible]? Again, it’s our response that’ll change depending on the answer.

Planned Parenthood staff: Yes, we just need paramedics to come now . . .

Operator: I need this information for our paramedics that are responding. I’m happy to get the information from you, or if I can speak to someone else that’ll answer the questions that I have.

The next part of the call was redacted. When the audio starts again, the operator is saying:

Operator: Over a liter right now?

Planned Parenthood staff: About over a liter.

This could be how much the woman is bleeding.

The conversation goes on:

Operator: And how far along was she?

Planned Parenthood staff: I don’t have that information. The doctor will give more detailed reports when the paramedics get here.

Operator: Okay, I do need more information, ma’am, because our response will vary on those answers. So can I speak to the doctor or someone else? … it helps us, on our side, send the appropriate response, because it’s very vague information we’re receiving…

At this point, the original caller gets off the phone and puts on her manager.

Planned Parenthood Manager: Can I help you?

Operator: Hi, this is the Orange Fire Department. We just have to confirm about how far along she was so in our response we know what to send from the paramedics’ end.

Planned Parenthood Manager: You just need to send the paramedics. They’ve come here many times before.

Operator: They’re on their way. First trimester? Second trimester?

Planned Parenthood Manager: First trimester. She’s lost some blood. We would like to transfer her, please.

Operator: I understand. Help is already on the way, but I explained to –

Planned Parenthood Manager: Thank you!

Operator: — the first person, I need some more information. So we are on our way to—

Planned Parenthood Manager: This is not typical for you guys to ask so many questions. That’s why we’re kind of concerned.

Operator: It’s absolutely typical. This is our –

Planned Parenthood Manager: No, it’s not. I’ve had, I’ve done this before.

Operator: Allow me to do my job, okay? We’re on our way. Just have her medication information available, and if anything changes –

Planned Parenthood Manager: We have everything ready.

Operator: – just call me back–

Planned Parenthood Manager: We know what to do.

During this conversation, Planned Parenthood workers showed far more concern about hiding the truth than about their injured patient, who, if she had already lost a liter of blood, was in very serious condition.

We don’t know what happened to this unfortunate woman, but the long delay in summoning an ambulance could have greatly worsened her chances of recovering.

Also notable is the manager’s admission that the paramedics had come “many times before.” Indeed, Planned Parenthood of Orange has a long history of 911 calls and ambulance visits.

In addition to the recordings described here, there have been multiple reported sightings of ambulances at the center and at least one more 911 recording.

A few minutes after the caller hung up from the above 911 call, someone at Planned Parenthood seemed to dial 911 accidentally. The operator came on the line asking questions, but no one responded. However, the call was recorded.

From the recording:

Operator: 911. Emergency. Do you need police, fire, or –

Planned Parenthood Worker: If she did, she said it really softly—

Operator: Hello? 911.

Planned Parenthood Manager: All you have to say is, “Are you refusing to send an ambulance?”

Operator: Hello? Can you hear me?

Planned Parenthood Manager: and she said, “Yes,” and that’s a documented –

Planned Parenthood Manager: I’m sorry, can you hear me? This is 911.

2nd Planned Parenthood Manager: You just need to send –

2nd Operator: Hello. Hello.

Planned Parenthood Worker: Like, if we called and they hung up –

2nd Operator: Hello?

At this point, the call was disconnected.

The managers seemed to be discussing how to avoid giving information to 911 operators in the future.

Many medical complications and 911 calls have been documented at Planned Parenthood centers. This set of calls is especially notable because Planned Parenthood workers seemed more concerned with hiding information from pro-life activists than they were about the well-being of the women they injured. They put their patients at further risk.

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