ultrasound that changed my life: pro-life conversion of Abby Johnson in his own words
Before director of the headquarters of Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortions in America, Abby Johnson became an active campaigner for life after seeing the ultrasound of a fetus of 13 weeks. Johnson was involved in the maneuvers and was subjected to intimidation by Planned Parenthood, who accused him of stealing confidential documents, but the courts eventually acquitted. His story appears in Unplanned collection, autobiography was published last year in the United States.
Speaking to ChristianityToday , Johnson takes advantage of its proximity to the pro-life organizations to make some self-criticism. He claims that his experience in moving pro-life has not been as satisfactory as expected, rather, is disappointed. "People ask me-count-if abortionists have attacked me and I say no, I've been hit hard by the pro-life."
Unlike the pro-abortion groups, which act as a unit because there is a sense of common struggle and some interest, pro-life, according to Johnson, lost too much time discussing the ways and forms of protest, rather than focus on what matters: defense of the unborn. In addition, the pro-life cause is fragmented and there are significant internal strife. All this ends up weakening the social and political effectiveness of the movement.
Conversion and religious discrepancies
Even before leaving Planned Parenthood, Johnson had religious concerns. As he explains in his book, she and her husband wanted to join a Baptist church, but not admitted by their position in the abortion clinic. Then came the Episcopalians, who did not objected to his work at Planned Parenthood, and instead reacted with suspicion when he became pro-life ranks. So Johnson and her husband finally asked to be received into the Catholic Church.
After two years in the pro-life, Johnson has noticed the lack of cooperation and also between different tune religious denominations, which sometimes translates into enmity. Hence, to lament in these terms: "As we engaged in internal religious struggles, the lives of children and women suffer, that is something that breaks my heart."
For Johnson, the pro-life movement could learn a bit of organizational tactics and unity of the abortionists. She is convinced that his experience as director of a clinic can be used to improve efficiency of the effort to defend the unborn and their mothers. Along with his work as a consultant for Life Coalition, a group opposed to abortion, Johnson was concerned with turning centers to support pregnant women, she says, are outdated and have an aesthetic that can cause rejection in adolescents. For her, it is essential that these centers begin to better manage their resources and are designed as competitors of Planned Parenthood.
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