The following is from the blog of Gabriel Peter; here is the link to the original post.
Well, the Evil Empire won the World Series last night, which means Facebook is flooded with, "THE YANKEES WON THE WORLD SERIES!! 27 BABY!!!" Oh, please. Half of the people saying that couldn't name the Core Four. Or even have any idea what I'm talking about…
But I tell you what, someone I'm rooting for right now is Abby Johnson -- a 29-year-old Planned Parenthood director who stepped down from her position after watching an ultrasound of an abortion. Not many news sources are reporting that part. They're saying she saw an ultrasound of a fetus and resigned. Specifically, what she saw was an ultrasound of an abortion -- she watched a child get sucked out of the womb. As she saw the child "crumple," she knew what she was doing was killing children.
Having joined the Coalition for Life, Johnson, who was once "extremely pro-choice," has been very vocal about how Planned Parenthood works: "Every meeting that we had was, 'We don't have enough money, we don't have enough money -- we've got to keep these abortions coming. It's a very lucrative business and that's why they want to increase numbers." As a result, Planned Parenthood strikes back, filing for a restraining order to keep Johnson from talking.
Planned Parenthood is stupid. No, really -- bias aside, they're being really dumb. If they weren't filing for a gag order, Johnson would be a hot topic for a while and fizzle out. She'd remain a prominent figure in conservative circles, but she wouldn't be in the mainstream. Because they have filed a restraining order against her, her story is going to be around for even longer. That's apart from the glaringly obvious -- by filing a restraining order, Planned Parenthood is making it evident that they have something to hide.
I'll say they do. Doctors that perform 30 to 40 abortions a day at $500 to $1000 a pop? Why not spin that ultrasound monitor around and let the mom see exactly what Johnson saw during an abortion? Have the father of the child in the room and make him watch it, too. (That's one of the things about abortion. Three-quarters of all abortions are women who aren't married. If men were being held more accountable for their actions, there would be fewer abortions.)
Johnson's experience is one that reinforces the impact of a program called Project Ultrasound. One of our local pregnancy centers in my area is a part of that program. The radio station I work for did a lot to get the word out about it last year. Click on the link to find out more details.
Alright, you Yankees fans. You can have your fun. But it's not nearly as victorious as Abby Johnson's conversion from "extremely pro-choice" to very pro-life. She taking a stand against the abortion industry, and that's one empire more sinister than the boys in pin-stripes.
1 Corinthians 15:55 "Where, oh death, is your victory? Where, oh death, is your sting?"
