Planned Parenthood Director Becomes Pro-Life
(HT: K-Lo at NRO)
From the KBXT.com website (Bryan / College Station, Texas):
Planned Parenthood has been a part of Abby Johnson’s life for the past eight years; that is until last month, when Abby resigned. Johnson said she realized she wanted to leave, after watching an ultrasound of an abortion procedure.
“I just thought I can’t do this anymore, and it was just like a flash that hit me and I thought that’s it,” said Jonhson.
She handed in her resignation October 6. Johnson worked as the Bryan Planned Parenthood Director for two years.
According to Johnson, the non-profit was struggling under the weight of a tough economy, and changing it’s business model from one that pushed prevention, to one that focused on abortion.“It seemed like maybe that’s not what a lot of people were believing any more because that’s not where the money was. The money wasn’t in family planning, the money wasn’t in prevention, the money was in abortion and so I had a problem with that,” said Johnson.
Johnson said she was told to bring in more women who wanted abortions, something the Episcopalian church goer recently became convicted about.
“I feel so pure in heart (since leaving). I don’t have this guilt, I don’t have this burden on me anymore that’s how I know this conversion was a spiritual conversion.”
Johnson now supports the Coalition For Life, the pro-life group with a building down the street from Planned Parenthood. Coalition volunteers can regularly be seen praying on the sidewalk in front of Planned Parenthood. Johnson has been meeting with the coalition’s executive director, Shawn Carney, and has prayed with volunteers outside Planned Parenthood.
On Friday both Johnson and the Coalition For Life were issued temporary restraining orders filed by Planned Parenthood.
Rochelle Tafolla, a Planned Parenthood spokesperson issued the following statement: “We regret being forced to turn to the courts to protect the safety and confidentiality of our clients and staff, however, in this instance it is absolutely necessary.”
The temporary restraining order contends that Planned Parenthood would be irreparably harmed by the disclosure of certain information, but does not bar Johnson or Coalition For Life volunteers from the premises.
As of Sunday evening, neither Johnson nor Carney had seen the complaint filed against them that prompted the restraining order.
A hearing about the order has been set for November 10.
(Originally posted on Return to Rome blog)
And so another one has slipped through the devil’s fingers. Good.
No need for a restraining order, however. Whatever ‘blanks’ can’t be filled in by Abby Johnson, Bless her soul, the rest of us can easily fill in.
Why doesn’t it make the news every time someone who professes to be against abortion has one?
Isn’t it appalling that showing a pregnant woman an ultrasound of her child is considered by many to be unduly coercive? Attempts to shield women from ultrasounds of their babies is really just a form of censorship. It is amazing the impact that the truth (i.e. seeing one’s child) has on so many women who were considering an abortion.
Milbarge – don’t worry, rhetorical questions are tricky. You’ll get better with time.
Dede Scozzafava got the Margaret Sanger Award. The so called Republican then backed the Dem in the NY-23 race when she dropped out.
Perhaps PP can get through this bad economy by offering coupons. 2 for 1 or maybe a free pizza.
What I find most interesting, other than the conversion itself, is this little gem:
“The temporary restraining order contends that Planned Parenthood would be irreparably harmed by the disclosure of certain information.”
Ah, yes. Planned Parenthood…always something to hide. That should be their motto.
Just indirectly a little off the subject, but seems the atheists are busily at it again:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20091103/wl_csm/ocrucefix
“Isn’t it appalling that showing a pregnant woman an ultrasound of her child is considered by many to be unduly coercive?”
No doubt. ‘Coercive’ in that the pregnant women realizes she’s carrying a baby or ‘coercive’ in that the abortionists and their staffs are reminded that they’re killing one?
Now, if we can just get those babies, during those ultrasounds, to wink and wave.
I don’t think that’s so far off the subject, Max.