Monday, November 16, 2009

Former clinic director: Church chilly to my pro-life turn

Abby Johnson, the former Planned Parenthood clinic director whose about-face on abortion prompted her to resign her job, says she's gotten flack for her decision from an unexpected quarter: her own church. Whereas clergy and parishioners at St. Francis Episcopal in College Stationwelcomed her as a Planned Parenthood employee, now they are buttonholing her after Sunday services. Mrs. Johnson, 29, spent much of her 20s searching for the right church. "I was raised Southern Baptist but didn't find the Southern Baptist community was very accepting of my work at Planned Parenthood," she said. Washington Times

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