Posted on 11/02/2009 11:52:17 AM PST by Reagan 2.0
A woman who spent two years as Director of Planned Parenthood in Bryan, Texas resigned last month citing changes to a business model during the economic downturn.
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.
Statists like Barack Obama rail against the evils of the profit motive when it comes to businesses, while endorsing "non-profit" groups like Planned Parenthood and ACORN, ignoring the outrageous abuses of power we often find within the non-profits.
Notable is Johnson's spiritual awakening since focusing on preserving life rather than ending it...
(Excerpt) Read more at patriotroom.com ...
Good for you, Abby Johnson!
“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.
The money still is in abortions, nothing’s changed.
You can’t get reimbursed from the Feds for talking - PP has to render “medical services” to keep the checks rolling in.
And Obama is ranting about doctors pulling kids’ tonsils for the dough.
That isn't even English. I assume what this person is trying to say is that the woman's convictions changed in regard to abortion, and she now opposes it. And in English, you don't "become convicted," you are convicted or you have convictions. Two. Separate. Concepts.
Think about it?
If we put a tax on abortions, we would have the power of the IRS to force abortion providers to report honest numbers, for a change!
And, we could use the money, from the abortion tax, to provide “prevention” like these libs SAY they want!
Well, if Obama and Pelosi want to tax pace makers, why can't we tax abortions?
(And maybe an abortion tax would discourage a few abortions?)
Since when do people get into journalism to write?
Those who practice advocacy journalism, such as this, ought to at least be familiar with their native tongue.
Prayers for her!
She was once the enemy.
Now she is going to CATCH HELL from Planned Parenthood, NOW, and their ilk.
Death threats as well, I’m sure.
This is an expression common among evangelicals—it means that your conscience starts bothering you in a big way. “I was convicted about my role in this clinic.”
Blech! Abortion is pure evil. I’ve always thought so and it has been confirmed for me now with the feeling I have in my heart know my little one is on the way in a few short months. I wouldn’t trade that feeling for the world. How could anyone with a heart do it?
Blech! Abortion is pure evil. I’ve always thought so and it has been confirmed for me now with the feeling I have in my heart knowing my little one is on the way in a few short months. I wouldn’t trade that feeling for the world. How could anyone with a heart do it?
The misuse of the English language was internal to the quoted piece, and not the writing of the blog author.
Tremendous.
Writing is more effective if it sticks to common usage. How many people who aren’t evangelicals speak like that? If the purpose is to persuade, perhaps using words as they are most commonly used achieves that goal more readily.
Seems more like they meant to write “conflicted”....
I happen to find this usage poetic. Someone convicted finds themselves condemned of wrongdoing in their own eyes and of course in God's eyes, which is the first step toward redemption.
I'll second the other post.
It is very common to hear people say that, after years of doing "x" that they began to feel convicted in their spirit, or the Holy Spirit convicted them of "y". It means that your conscience which previously didn't bother you has suddenly started gnawing at you. Since it never bothered you before, it is generally understood that the Holy Spirit is "convicting" you of what you've done.
I don't know that its just an evangelical thing, I thought it was in more general usage.
In any case, if the writer was targeting a secular or general audience, he could have stated simply that her conscience began to bother her. But when it comes on suddenly, sometimes "convict" seems so apt.
In her case, she credits her change to a "spiritual" awakening, and I believe her, that God was in this change.
If I find myself “convicted,” I think I am going to jail or paying a fine. I prefer to have “convictions” and act upon them.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.