Planned Parenthood had abortion quotas, says former director

Planned Parenthood had abortion quotas, says former director I previously reported that Bryan, TX, Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson quit earlier this month after seeing an abortion on ultrasound and being forced to push abortion to increase profits. Former Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson with Coalition for Life Director Shawn Carney (photo: Coalition for Life) Despite PP's legal gag order, Johnson is revealing inner workings of the mill. You can see by the PP ad above (click to enlarge) that what she's saying is true. RU-486 can be dispensed any and every weekday, while surgical abortions require more work. Yet the patient cost remains the same. Abby told World Net Daily yesterday: "There are definitely client goals,"... Johnson said. "We'd have a goal every month for abortion clients and for family planning clients." Johnson, 29, said... the... clinic performed surgical abortions every other Saturday, but it began expanding access to abortion to increase earnings. "One of the ways they were able to up the number of patients that they saw was they started doing the RU-486 chemical abortions all throughout the week," she said.... RU-486 chemical abortions kill the lining of the uterus, cutting off oxygen and nutrients, resulting in the death of an unborn baby. Johnson said the chemical abortion costs the same as an early first-trimester abortion: between $505 and $695 for each procedure. She told WND the clinic was experiencing financial difficulties due to the economic downturn. "Abortion is the most lucrative part of PP's operations," she said.... "With the family planning corporation really suffering, they depend on the abortion corporation to balance their budget, help get them out of the hole and help make income for the company." She continued, "They really wanted to increase the number of abortions so that they could increase their income." Now PP has retaliated against Johnson, filing a restraining order against her because the clinic fears she may leak confidential information.... The injunction temporarily prevents her from releasing information until after a hearing scheduled for Nov. 10.... PP claimed in court documents that Johnson copied private personnel files and other documents before she quit her position Oct. 6.... However, Johnson told WND, "I don't have any confidential documents, so I'm not sharing anything because I don't have anything. I have no patient information. I'd never do anything to compromise patient safety or confidentiality. For them to even make that type of statement is so offensive."... "PP is an organization that really runs on fear. If somebody crosses them, they are quick to threaten that person. I've worked for them for a long time and seen them threaten lawsuits multiple times," she said. "I'm not sure what they're scared of. When I first got the restraining order, I was so surprised. My initial response was, what do they think I know? What are they feeling guilty about?" Asked whether she believes PP is concerned that information about its quotas will become public, Johnson responded, "Probably, yeah. I think they're just scared of the whole thing." She said she believes the injunction is simply a scare tactic meant to keep her quiet. "Clearly, that kind of backfired," she said. Johnson explained that she resigned after she saw an ultrasound-guided abortion in which an unborn baby was vacuumed out of a woman's uterus. "Ultrasound-guided abortions are not typically done in Planned Parenthood abortion centers because they're more time-consuming, and that's just not something that centers like that do," she said. "I'd never seen one of those done before. For whatever reason, the physician had called me back to assist with the procedure. When I saw that, that was really when my heart was changed." Johnson, who was employed at the clinic for eight years and served as a director for two years, said the issue of abortion was "unsettling" for her the whole time she worked with PP. She said she kept "pushing down the guilt" and felt spiritually unsettled. "There's no religion and there's no spirituality in an abortion clinic. There can't be," she said. "Whatever side you are on, pro-life or pro-choice, it is what it is - and that's taking a human life." Contact: Jill Stanek Source: JillStanek.com Publish Date: November 5, 2009 Link to this article.   Send this article to a friend.