Abby Johnson: Fighting against Planned Parenthood

Abby Johnson was just a regular Planned Parenthood employee. She was in charge of the Planned Parenthood clinic in her state of Texas. Until now, she had never really thought about abortion. She says the things Planned Parenthood told her she "wanted to believe". Abby Johnson began volunteering for Planned Parenthood when their bright pink booth was at a convention. She says of her recruitment: "it sounded like such a good cause. You know, protecting women." But the lions den that Johnson was working in was just normal for her. Abortion was just for preventing pregnancy. Then, one day it all changed. Everything she knew came crashing down on her. She was asked to assist in an ultrasound-guided abortion. She was in charge of holding the probe on the patient's abdomen while the baby's picture was on the screen. When she looked at the screen, she saw what she didn't know was a human. She says, "I knew it wasn't human, but I just didn't know wha it was." Johnson saw the baby recoil and try to get away from the probe. Abby said it was as if the baby was fighting for its life. "It was scared of the abortion instrument," Johnson later said. When it was finally over, "Where there used to be life, it was just gone in a few seconds", explained Abby. After that, Abby knew she couldn't turn a blind eye to her job's circumstances and practices. She said she went into one of the closets and cried. She called her husband to talk to him about getting a new job. "I was going to retire with Planned Parenthood. You know what they call their retirement plans? 'Lifers'", says Johnson of her job. She only had two weeks left in her job and she was glad. From that moment on, Johnson became pro life. She now fights for the rights of the unborn and exposes Planned Parenthood's lies to the public. Abby Johnsob says that when Planned Parenthood found out that she was pro life, they took it to court and had a restraining order placed on her. Abby Johnson just laughs, knowing that she doesn't need to go back to Planned Parenthood to stop all the injustice happening. She protests with others outside the clinic she used to run. There is no doubt Abby Johnson is unstoppable. To find out more about Abby Johnson, visit her website www.abbyjohnson.org or read her book, Unplanned, which can be found in most bookstores.