unPlanned: Abby Johnson's Book Exposes Planned Parenthood

After Participating in an Abortion She Thought: Oh, Dear God What Have I Done!

One day Abby Johnson was asked to do something that she had never done before: she was asked to help with an actual abortion. It turned out to be an ultrasound-guided abortion. As a result, she witnessed the reality of abortion and the rhetoric could no longer hide the horror. In her book she explains how  what she witnessed changed the course of her life. After the abortion, she walked across the street and joined the Coalition for Life and she has been active in the pro-life movement ever since.

P>KNOXVILLE, TN (Catholic Online) - I first heard about her in 2009 when she became national news for quitting her job at Planned Parenthood and walking across the street to join the pro-life movement. Her name is Abby Johnson, and now she has written a book, unPlanned, which reveals her experiences and insights. Her book will be released on Tuesday, January 11, 2011. 

In 2001 when Abby was a student in college, she did volunteer work for Planned Parenthood. She continued to work for Planned Parenthood for eight years. During that time she worked as a media spokesperson in the community where the abortion clinic operated. She was eventually promoted to the position of director at a center in Bryan, Texas. And in 2008 she was recognized as "employee of the year." 

One day she was asked to do something that she had never done before: she was asked to help with an actual abortion. It turned out to be an ultrasound-guided abortion. As a result, she witnessed the reality of abortion and the rhetoric could no longer hide the horror. In her book she explains that what she witnessed shook the foundation of her values and changed the course of her life. After the abortion, she walked across the street and joined the Coalition for Life, and she has been active in the pro-life movement ever since.

According to the publisher's description, she discusses subsequent "life-and-death encounters, a courtroom battle and her spiritual transformation" in her book. Publisher's Weekly writes that this "emotional account reveals Johnson's remarkable journey through pro-choice thinking, two abortions, her love/hate relationship with pro-life advocates outside the clinic, and her eventual understanding of abortion."

Shawn Carney, the Campaign Director for 40 Days for Life, writes in his blog that Planned Parenthood immediately filed a lawsuit and sought a restraining order against Abby in an effort to silence her. But she has now emerged victorious in the legal case and is "able to reveal all the secrets from behind the closed doors of the abortion business . . . and why she left to join the pro-life movement."

40 Days for Life sponsored a live webcast on Monday, January 10, 2011, at 9:00 PM EST. They promoted the event as a "sneak preview of the no-holds-barred revelations which fill the pages of unPlanned." During the webcast, the following matters were to be addressed:

* What initially attracted Abby to volunteer and then work for Planned Parenthood - America's largest abortion chain - even after being raised in a faithful Christian home

* The hidden personal secret that Abby had kept buried for years

* The shocking discovery that suddenly caused Abby to question everything Planned Parenthood had told her over eight years

* Planned Parenthood's confidential plans to expand its biggest money-maker - abortion - all across America

* The abortion industry's furious reaction when Abby decided to quit her job and join local and national pro-life efforts

* What Abby's court battle brought to light about Planned Parenthood's REAL agenda

* The single most effective way to reduce Planned Parenthood's abortion business and change the hearts and minds of clinic workers.

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Michael Terheyden was born into a Catholic family, but that is not why he is a Catholic. He is a Catholic because he believes that truth is real, that it is beautiful and good, and that the fullness of truth is in the Catholic Church. However, he knows that God's grace operating throughout his life is the main reason he is a Catholic. He is greatly blessed to share his faith and his life with his beautiful wife, Dorothy. They have four grown children and three grandchildren.

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