Posted on 11/02/2009 6:19:21 AM PST by texanyankee
Planned Parenthood Director Leaves, Has Change of Heart
Planned Parenthood has been a part of Abby Johnson's life for the past eight years; that is until last month, when Abby resigned.
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.
God Bless her...what a wonderful turn of events for this Christian woman.
May God turn the hearts of all away from the horror of abortion and help them to see that life is a gift from God and we each have a right to live an enjoy that life...amen.
The LORD’s Mercy and Love is far greater than all the guilt this woman may feel, HE is capable of healing her and using her for HIS glory.
Wow that is an amazing story. You really don’t appreciate the trauma that abortion is until you see it up close and personal. I am glad she is now on our side.
The same way someone converts to the Conservative cause after being a lie-beral for many years. Lighten up a bit.
My local Pregnancy Help Center founder just sent me the great news of a conversion of a planned parenthood worker.
I am smiling.Maybe the planned parenthood we pray in front of will have a conversion of this magnitude, too.
Conversions happen so quickly that you know: sure you are the one praying but something in the air changes and you know it was GOD’S hand that finished up the conversion.
I am still smiling.
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I’m glad she’s on our side now, because she makes a powerful counterpoint to those who support abortion on demand.
That doesn’t absolve the woman for presiding over this organization while hundreds of thousands if not millions of fetuses were dismembered and destroyed.
If this wasn’t a crime against humanity, I don’t know what would be. Can I simply act as if all that didn’t happen? Should I?
I don’t think so. I wouldn’t confront her over it, but my thoughts on it are reasoned and should be placed on the record.
Look, I view this woman and her organization to be second only to people like Pol Pot, Mao, and Hitler’s crew. We’re talking of something on the order of 45 to 50 million dismembered fetuses in the last forty plus years. This has had a devastating effect on the Black populace of the United States.
And for the record, I do not equate the killing of fetuses to be the exact same as mass killing existing human beings outside of the mother. It still ranks right up there.
The woman has a change of heart, and on the very next day it’s as if she had never been involved in the carnage at all. I simply cannot flip the switch like you folks can.
Yes, God does forgive. I think he wants us to also. I support that. Are you also of a mind to simply forgive Pol Pot one day after he says, “Ah I was wrong to kill two million people, and starting tomorrow I’m going to speak out against that kind of thing in the future?” You’d demand a war crimes tribunal and you know it.
Folks, some things reach the level where the perpetrator cannot be absolve in a moment. That happens at the final judgment, but I question if it’s supposed to happen right now at this very moment, just because this woman now disagrees with her former activity.
Who does she suggest we approach to undo the deaths under her leadership? Will those fetuses be restored to life at this moment?
While this woman can and should do things to help stop what was taking place under her leadership, that doesn’t mean that we should simply pat her on the back today and act as if nothing had taken place.
To do that would devalue the dead to absolute zero.
I understand your feelings, I worked at a hospital back when they did abortions and I saw a little girl baby that had been murdered. A beautiful little girl that should have been breathing was DEAD. I will never except this kind of murder.
I was relating to the Son of God that was hanging on the cross next to a murderer and told him he was forgiven.
I am human as you are DoughtyOne and I have to deal with the same feelings as you. But GOD is bigger and greater than we.
Yes, The murderer, next to Jesus was sentenced to DIE for his crime. AND if our government sees fit to charge the woman for murdering babies I WILL BE 100% in agreement.
What is sad is our government is not going to call murder on those who kill the unborn.
Hugs,
your friend in Christ
I appreciate your understanding. It’s so easy to talk past each others on these issues.
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