The day Abby Johnson witnessed an abortion with an ultrasound was the day her life changed. Johnson spent 8 years of her life working for Planned Parenthood--an organization that provides family planning services as well as abortions. She says she thought she was helping women, but when she saw through an ultrasound how a baby in utero reacted to the abortion, she could not be a part of it anymore. PP was not a family planning organization that occasionally did abortions, it was an organization that survived on the slaughter of the unborn. An article on lifesitenews.com (linked below) reveals that Planned Parenthood's abortion profits carry the weight of the companies other endeavors:
The latest financial report Planned Parenthood, for the year 2006-2007, shows that the abortion behemoth increased the number of abortions it committed from 264,943 in 2005 to 289,650 in 2006. Total revenue amounted to over $1 billion dollars, with the organization's profit margin - "excess of revenue over expenses" - soaring from $55.7 million in 2005 to $112 million in 2006. The organization typically receives over $300 million in taxpayer funds every year.
Johnson said she became involved with the clinic "to help women and ... [do] the right thing." The idea of increasing abortion numbers to increase revenue was repugnant to her. She said that ideally the facility's director would provide "so much family planning and so much education that there is not a demand for abortion."
But this ideal was not shared by the rest of Planned Parenthood, she said, because "abortion is the most lucrative part of Planned Parenthood's operations."
"With the family planning corporation really suffering," Johnson said, "they depend on the abortion corporation to balance their budget, help get them out of the hole and help make income for the company."
She continued, "They really wanted to increase the number of abortions so that they could increase their income."
Having now spoken out against the abortion giant, Johnson is under attack. Planned Parenthood has obtained a court order to keep her from talking. At the same time, leftist websites like Salon.com claim to have inside information from unnamed "confidential informants" who claim Johnson did not really have a conversion, and that she quit her job for the money. (Really!?!) That does not sound like such a good plan to me--but even if it is true, does it matter? If she is speaking out against the abortion giant for money, does that discredit her witness? Does it make her worse than the company that aborts babies for money?
