Though Johnson began in what she describes as a "conservative, pro-life family," she eventually became one of Planned Parenthood's star employees. After joining the organization in 2001, her views on abortion began to tilt leftward to the point that she would eventually identify herself as "extremely pro-choice." As clinic director of a Bryan, Texas facility, Johnson frequently accompanied women from their cars into the clinic and would even assist in abortion procedures at times. In 2008, the clinic crowned her "Employee of the Year."
Things took an unexpected turn for Johnson in September 2009, however, when doctors asked her to assist in an ultra-sound-guided abortion for a 13-week-old fetus. It was in witnessing this inhumane act that Johnson experienced a change of heart. In her memoir, she recalled how the baby squirmed in fright as the vacuum tore it from its mother's womb.
"For the briefest moment," she wrote, "the baby looked as if it were being wrung like a dishcloth, twirled and squeezed. And then it crumpled and began disappearing into the cannula before my eyes. The last thing I saw was the tiny, perfectly formed backbone sucked into the tube, and then it was gone."
The traumatic event caused such a stir in Johnson that she resigned from her post at Planned Parenthood and never looked back. Today, she is undoubtedly one of the fiercest figures in the pro-life movement, whose memoir is now the basis for a Hollywood motion picture. She will be played in the film by "90 Minutes In Heaven" actress Ashley Bratcher.
EXCLUSIVE: From The Creators Of 'God's Not Dead' Comes 'Unplanned,' The True Story Of Planned Parenthood Defector Abby Johnson
Abortion is Murder ... Choice is yours, don't lie to yourself about what is really happening
Things took an unexpected turn for Johnson in September 2009, however, when doctors asked her to assist in an ultra-sound-guided abortion for a 13-week-old fetus. It was in witnessing this inhumane act that Johnson experienced a change of heart. In her memoir, she recalled how the baby squirmed in fright as the vacuum tore it from its mother's womb.
"For the briefest moment," she wrote, "the baby looked as if it were being wrung like a dishcloth, twirled and squeezed. And then it crumpled and began disappearing into the cannula before my eyes. The last thing I saw was the tiny, perfectly formed backbone sucked into the tube, and then it was gone."
The traumatic event caused such a stir in Johnson that she resigned from her post at Planned Parenthood and never looked back. Today, she is undoubtedly one of the fiercest figures in the pro-life movement, whose memoir is now the basis for a Hollywood motion picture. She will be played in the film by "90 Minutes In Heaven" actress Ashley Bratcher.
EXCLUSIVE: From The Creators Of 'God's Not Dead' Comes 'Unplanned,' The True Story Of Planned Parenthood Defector Abby Johnson
Abortion is Murder ... Choice is yours, don't lie to yourself about what is really happening