The 11-minute segment noted that women have been traveling to Michigan in “record numbers” seeking 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 sent reporter Kate Wells to an abortion clinic outside Detroit to watch the 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 spotlighted the dim lighting and “soothing music” she claimed made her feel “very much like labor.” DEMOCRATS PLOW CASH INTO ABORTION ADVERTISING IN AN ATTEMPT TO SHIFT FOCUS FROM THE ECONOMY A group of anti-abortion protesters crash the Women’s March for Reproductive Rights at Mariachi Plaza in Los Angeles, California, on October 8, 2022. (DAVID MCNEW / AFP) (Photo by DAVID MCNEW/AFP via Getty Images) Listeners said the woman would be “partially awake” and the sound of a machine terminating her pregnancy could be heard as an employee named Brandy comforted the distraught woman. At one point, the woman says that the cramps as they happen are very painful. “Within a few minutes, it was over,” Wells told listeners as the woman moaned. “You did,” Brandy said. “You did great.” Conservative strategist Greg Price reluctantly shared a clip of the NPR audio, which quickly went viral and outraged conservatives. “I almost didn’t want to tweet this, but it’s something everyone should know. NPR on the radio this morning played audio of a woman having an abortion. You can hear the vacuum cleaner turning on, crying, moaning and the doctor telling her Done. Warning: It’s hard to hear,” Price wrote with the accompanying audio. “The left always talks in euphemisms when it comes to abortion. ‘Choice’, ‘reproductive care’, etc. But this clip fully shows what an abortion really is: violence and complete dehumanization of the unborn. That’s why it’s important For let’s show reality,” Price wrote in a follow-up tweet. “So listen to this sound. It’s incredibly difficult but it’s important,” he added. “Listen to it and then think about how the only step the Democratic Party is making to voters in the midterm elections is more than that.” NPR shocked listeners 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. “It’s hard to imagine what NPR was thinking with this. But pro-life ads are often rejected or dismissed because they show how horrible an abortion procedure is. If NPR’s goal was to normalize abortion, it seems like this creepy segment might have the opposite impact,” wrote Matt Whitlock of the GOP communications team. NPR did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “This is troubling and bad on every level,” the conservative Media Research Center tweeted. PSAKI ACKNOWLEDGES BIDEN AND POPE ON DIFFERENT PAGE ON ABORTION, TACKLES WITH JOURNALIST McKayla Wolff left and Karen Wolff shook 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 no mercy,” wrote author Helen Raleigh. “So embarrassing,” replied writer Chadwich Moore while Young America’s Foundation replied simply, “Gross.” The popular Twitter account Libs of TikTok called it “demonic” and reporter Bethany Mandel refused to listen. POPE DEDICATES BIDEN’S VIEWS ON ABORTION, CATHOLIC IDENTITY AS ‘ANARCHY’ “I’ll preface this tweet with the fact that I haven’t heard it and I won’t. But this kind of tactic, showing Americans the reality of abortion, can really backfire,” Mandel responded. Fox News Radio’s Guy Benson called it “stomach-wrenching” and Nicole Silverio of the Daily Caller called it “heartbreaking.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Brian Flood is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter: @briansflood.
