I STARTED AT PLANNED
PARENTHOOD AS A VOLUNTEER.
AND EVENTUALLY, ENDED UP
GETTING PROMOTED TO THE
DIRECTOR OF THAT SAME
FACILITY, JUST KIND OF
MOVED UP THE RANKS
THERE PRETTY QUICKLY.
IN 2009, ABBY JOHNSON WAS
THE DIRECTOR OF THE BRYAN,
TEXAS CHAPTER OF
PLANNED PARENTHOOD- THE
ORGANIZATION THAT IS THE
NATION'S LEADING PROVIDER
OF ABORTIONS.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD SAYS
THAT THEY OFFER OPTIONS
COUNSELING, BUT
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
THEY OFFER ABORTION
COUNSELING, BECAUSE THEY
DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO
EFFECTIVELY COUNSEL ON
ANYTHING BUT ABORTION.
I WAS GREAT AT
SELLING ABORTION.
I SOLD ABORTIONS TO
GIRLS AS YOUNG AS 12.
THE MAJOR CHANGE FOR ME
WAS SEEING AN ULTRASOUND
GUIDED ABORTION
PROCEDURE TAKE PLACE.
AND I HAD NOT SEEN THAT
HAPPEN BEFORE, BECAUSE
USING ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE
DURING AN ABORTION
PROCEDURE IS NOT COMMON,
BUT WE HAD A VISITING
PHYSICIAN IN THAT DAY
AND AT HIS FACILITY
HE ONLY USES ULTRASOUND
GUIDANCE ON HIS PATIENTS,
HE'D EXPLAINED THAT THE
REASON HE DOES THAT IS
BECAUSE IT'S
ACTUALLY SAFER.
AND SO, I WAS CALLED INTO
THE ROOM AND MY JOB WAS
GOING TO BE TO HOLD THE
ULTRASOUND PROBE ON THE
WOMAN'S ABDOMEN DURING
THE ABORTION PROCEDURE.
I GOT EVERYTHING IN PLACE,
THEY DID THE MEASUREMENTS,
FOUND THAT THE CHILD WAS
13 WEEKS GESTATIONAL AGE,
AND I LOOKED UP ON THE
SCREEN AND I SAW THIS
PROFILE FROM HEAD TO FOOT
OF THIS 13 WEEK BABY IN
THE WOMB.
I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND
REALIZING WHAT'S ABOUT TO
HAPPEN AND I JUST KIND OF
THOUGHT, OH MY GOSH, I
THINK THIS IS GONNA
BE REALLY BAD.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS
GONNA BE THE EXCITING
EXPERIENCE I
WAS HOPING FOR.
I LOOKED UP AT THE MONITOR
AND I SAW THE BABY BEGIN
TO MOVE AROUND.
AND I SAW IT BEGIN TO MOVE
ITS ARMS AND LEGS AND I
SAW IT BEGIN TO MOVE AWAY
FROM THAT INSTRUMENT.
AND I WAS JUST IN SHOCK;
I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I
WAS WATCHING.
AND THE BABY WAS ACTUALLY
MAKING SOME PROGRESS, IT
WAS MOVING FURTHER AND
FURTHER AWAY FROM THE
INSTRUMENT, SO MUCH SO THE
DOCTOR HAD TO REPOSITION
THE CANNULA.
AND HE FINALLY GOT
EVERYTHING IN PLACE AND HE
ASKED THE TECHNICIAN TO
TURN ON THE SUCTION AND
SHE DID.
IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS I
SAW THE CHILD'S BODY BEGIN
TO GO THROUGH THAT TUBE.
FOR THOSE FEW MOMENTS I
WAS WATCHING THIS CHILD
FIGHT HARD FOR ITS LIFE.
IT DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE,
WE HAD ALL THOSE
INSTRUMENTS AND ALL THAT
TECHNOLOGY, AND THAT
LITTLE BABY DIDN'T HAVE A
FIGHTING CHANCE, AND IT
DID FIGHT.
I WALKED OUT OF THE ROOM
THAT DAY JUST REALIZING,
YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT
TO MAKE A CHANGE.
NEVER AGAIN.
I'M NEVER GONNA
PARTICIPATE IN THIS AGAIN.
ONE WEEK LATER ABBY
JOHNSON RESIGNED FROM
PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
SINCE THAT TIME SHE'S
WRITTEN A COUPLE OF BOOKS-
ONE OF WHICH, WHICH IS
CALLED UNPLANNED- IS IN
THE WORKS TO BE
MADE INTO A MOVIE.
SHE'S ALSO A FEATURED
SPEAKER, ALONG WITH BEN
SHAPIRO, AT THE 2019 MARCH
FOR LIFE IN WASHINGTON DC.
ABBY JOHNSON HAS ALSO
STARTED AN ORGANIZATION
CALLED, "AND THEN
THERE WERE NONE."
WE ALWAYS SAY THAT:
NOBODY.
OUR VISION STATEMENT FOR
"AND THEN THERE WERE NONE" IS
WE SEE OURSELVES AS
BEING PART OF A PRO-LOVE
MOVEMENT.
THAT WE WANT TO:
WE WANT TO LOVE THEM ONTO
A PATH OF HEALING AND
WE WANT TO:
SINCE ABBY JOHNSON FOUNDED
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE,
THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO
HELP HUNDREDS OF FORMER
ABORTION CLINIC WORKERS TO
COME OUT OF THAT FIELD.
LEAVING THE ABORTION
INDUSTRY IS REALLY
DIFFICULT.
THE HAPPIEST MOMENTS OF MY
LIFE ARE MOMENTS WHEN I'M
ON THE PHONE WITH AN
ABORTION CLINIC WORKER, AS
THEY'RE WALKING OUT OF
THEIR JOB, FOR THE LAST
TIME.
