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    Unplanned: The Dramatic True Story of a Former Planned Parenthood Leader's Eye-Opening Journey across the Life Line
    Unplanned: The Dramatic True Story of a Former Planned Parenthood Leader's Eye-Opening Journey across the Life Line
    Unplanned: The Dramatic True Story of a Former Planned Parenthood Leader's Eye-Opening Journey across the Life Line
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    Unplanned: The Dramatic True Story of a Former Planned Parenthood Leader's Eye-Opening Journey across the Life Line

    Written by Abby Johnson and Cindy Lambert

    Narrated by Abby Clark

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    Retailers Choice Award winner, 2012
    Abby Johnson quit her job in October 2009. That simple act became a national news story because Abby was the director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas who, after participating in her first actual abortion procedure, crossed the line to join the Coalition for Life.
    Unplanned is a heartstopping personal drama of life-and-death encounters, a courtroom battle, and spiritual transformation that speaks hope and compassion into the political controversy that surrounds this issue. Telling Abby’s story from both sides of the abortion clinic property line, this book is a must-have for anyone who cares about the life-versus-rights debate and helping women who face crisis pregnancies. Now available in complete and unabridged audio.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTyndale House Publishers
    Release dateDec 29, 2010
    ISBN9781414366746
    Author

    Abby Johnson

    Abby Johnson holds a B.S. in psychology from Texas A&M University and an M.A. in counseling from Sam Houston State University. She was hired by Planned Parenthood in 2005 and progressed to the position of community services director and health educator, where she served as liason between the community and Planned Parenthood as media correspondent. Later promoted to heath center director, Johnson ran both the family planning and abortion programs. In 2009 she left Planned Parenthood and joined the local Coalition for Life as a volunteer. She continues her volunteer activities and now works on projects with the national 40 Days for Life campaign. She and her husband, Doug, have a young daughter and live in Texas.

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    • 5/5
      Great book , people from both sides of the aisle will relate. Inspirational.

      4 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      amazing story, and very fair to both sides. great narration as well.

      4 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This book is well written and hard to put down once you start reading . So refreshing to read and learn great things are still happening in this world . The book reminds me again what a loving and patient God we have !

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This book opened my eyes and changed my life for the better. I will be forever grateful.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Wow! what a book. Deffinitly worth a read. Great information and perspective from a girl who has seen it all.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This book is very moving. I read it because I have seen the movie. Both tell a powerful story. Thank you, Abby!

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Well told moving story. An honest account of the authors experience.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Well written. A reminder that we should never underestimate the power of prayer!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Great story. Very inspiring. I hope to hear mofe from Abby Johnson.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      A wonderfully real, eye-opening and genuine story, written with such compassion. Definitely worth being listened to and shared.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I could feel the pain and I realized how important is for all of us to stand up against abortion. Let's respect our basic right, the right to live!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      It was a very hard book to being listening to. It discribed what she saw an an abortion happened. I am so glad i went back to continue listening. Very insightful.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      A good story with happy ending; kept me interested from start to finish.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      It's not objective. It's not showing the real struggle that women face when having to make an unthinkable decision. It's polarizing and not really reflective of the emotional toil women face when making a decision like this.

      The issue is far larger than the book reflects. If you want to hear a prolife story--read it. If you're looking for a true discussion on both sides of the issue--this isn't it.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      No matter where you stand on the issues at hand, Abby's story should inspire everyone. Her honesty and courage is breathtaking. At first, the narrator's voice sounded kind of whiny to me, but it grew on me. I became enraptured by this story

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This book is written with love for people on both sides of the abortion debate..
    • 5/5
      Very interesting. Highly recommend. I was very intrigued. Must read
    • 5/5
      I could not get passed 15 minutes. If you are pro abortion, please listen to this. I hope it changes your mind.
    • 5/5
      One of the best books I read so far. Thank you Abbey johnson
    • 5/5
      Excellent, excellent book. Valuable for everyone, especially if considering abortion. I'm so glad I found this book.
    • 5/5
      Absolutely wonderful! Never even heard of coalition for life but I think it’s absolutely incredible that not only do they help women but they also offer so many options as far as diapers, furniture car seats, etc. Abbie story was one of the best testimonies I’ve ever heard and I think anyone would be extremely blessed to hear it!
    • 5/5
      I’ve always felt strongly towards pro choice but wanted to hear the other side of the argument. Very interesting and definitely worth the read.
    • 1/5
      destroying women one load of bullshit at a time.

      8 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Literally one of the worst, lie filled books over ever read

      4 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      10 stars out of 5... Amazing story. Even more amazing it's a true story. Couldn't stop listening to it.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Fantastic and very inspiring book. Loved it and would recommend to anyone.

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    • 5/5
      Very inspiring story. It's incredible to hear how awesome God is and how he works things together for good.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Very moving story and better than the movie!
    • 4/5
      This challenging book details the battle between pro-life and pro-choice groups in America. The story is told by Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood director, supervising and overseeing abortions in her clinic, but now a leading advocate for pro-life groups.

      Abby begins by explaining why she left Planned Parenthood--she witnessed an abortion procedure and for the first time understood that she has just participated in the killing of a child. She originally joined PP believing she could help women and reduce the number of abortions by offering birth control advice and family planning. She makes a compelling case that many of the staff working for PP also believe they are doing the same. It is perhaps not surprising (from a spiritual perspective,) to learn how many of these women also feel a deep-seated unease about their jobs.

      PP began placing pressure on Abby to increase revenue by increasing the number of abortions at her clinic. Her conscience had actually been at work in convicting her from the outset as she was from a pro-life family with a belief in God. She also formed good relationships with the pro-lifers who peacefully and faithfully protested outside her clinic at all hours. They were praying specifically for Abby to see the truth and for the clinic to close having set up their Coalition for Life office for that purpose.......

      This was an easy read containing both moving moments and times of frustration. Abby's decision in the end was more of a moral or natural one due to having seen first hand the horrors of abortion rather than it being a spiritual decision. She didn't make the decision on the basis that only God has the right to decide when to take a life but her decision was partly for religious reasons in that she recognised the sin of abortion and the long-term consequences. She includes the Gospel message in her story recognising that Jesus died on the cross for her sin. Despite this, I read that she later, in 2012, became a Catholic. I found that a little surprising.

      Abby now runs a charity And Then There Were None which assists clinic workers to leave their jobs in the abortion industry.

      This book is an eye opener for anyone who sits on the fence in relation to abortion and will help to expose the goals of secular organisations carrying out these procedures who claim to be helping women. They are the same as any other business, in it for the money, and will do whatever it takes to keep their clients coming.

      I recommend this book for all Christians. I found the writing a little long-winded at times and a tad repetitive hence the less than perfect rating. There is no bad language or sexual content. There is violence--the graphic description of an abortion procedure, but it is necessary in this instance to open the eyes of the blind to what is actually happening--the murder of a baby.

    • 5/5
      I loved how real this book presents the life journey of an idealistic young girl who is out to make a difference in the world. She grows up and makes a very significant difference in a way she never expected. Don't be afraid to read this book if you are pro-choice. It reveals, it does not condemn.