American Women's Services 3 Winslow Place, Paramus, NJ 07652

"DO NOT USE THIS CLINIC! I wouldn't even give this clinic one star but I have no choice in order to write my review. I went into American Women's for a simple first trimester abortion and if I had known what was going to happen to me I'd of never allowed them to preform the abortion. Unfortunately due to circumstances out of my control at that time, I had no choice but to stay and have the abortion preformed there even though once I was inside and walked around I knew this place was no good. It was dirty, waiting room chairs stained, dusty, toilet falling through the bathroom floor just to name a few nasty issues with this clinic. They had no hospital beds for recovery or pre operation waiting. Pre and post operative room was the same room and extremely small. They made you sit in nasty stained recliners that they put down medical drapes for "your protection" Normal protocol calls for an IV when being sedated. I was never given one. They had no anesthesologist. The abortionist gave me two pills and a nasty tasting liquid in a separate room. The abortionist was also the clinician. It was very uncomfortable. later on after I had the abortion I found out by my own gynecologist that liquid given to me was Ketamine, an animal sedative. They then made me wait in the recliner till I was almost passed out. Two nurses then assisted me and put me on the table in a dingy operation room no bigger then a closet. Containing only an examination table without stirrups and suction device, i wasn't even given a blanket to cover me up. I then blacked out, only to wake up in extreme pain during the procedure. Which resulted in the abortionist yelling at me and holding me down, while still using the suction, yelling for a nurse. I passed out again before the nurse arrived only to wake up again for a brief few minutes when they moved me back to the recliner. Without any protection (i.e. maxi pad or underwear on) i was left to bled out onto the large plastic sheet on the recliner. I was overdosed on the medications they had given me. I was in recovery for two hours and wouldn't wake up. Finally they made me leave because they were closing for the day. I was barely able to walk to my mothers car where I blacked out again. I never regained full conciousness till the next morning. Flash forward to a week later. I wasn't due to see my own gynecologist for a post abortive appointment for another two weeks but I was so bloated I looked nine months pregnant, I also had bad discharge and bleeding more then I should've still been bleeding and fever. My doctor examined me and diagnosed me with a massive uterine infection and possible uterine scarring due to an improperly preformed abortion. He wanted me to go into the hospital for major IV antibiotics and more testing but again because of circumstances out of my hands, I couldn't. My gynecologist made me tell him the whole procedure I went threw and informed me I had a botched abortion. That he was made to inform the state of the situation and conditions of the abortion clinic. I was sent home on major antibiotics and bed rest. Almost ten years later and I still have gynecological problems. Including miscarrying. Which I've been told by multiple doctors I most likely have scar tissue in my uterus due to the botched abortion. PLEASE do your research before using one of these clinics and PLEASE dont do what i did and stay even if something doesn't feel right. You have so many options. I dont want to see another women hurt like me. It's been almost ten years since the abortion and I still have major issues physically and mentally from that day. I cant imagine what this clinics like now. I pray it's been taken over for the better."