{"id":156684,"date":"2017-01-19T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=156684"},"modified":"2017-01-19T01:00:21","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T06:00:21","slug":"planned-parenthood-protected-womans-abusive-pimp-says-former-worker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-protected-womans-abusive-pimp-says-former-worker\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood protected woman’s abusive pimp, says former worker"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson\u2019s book, “The Walls Are Talking: Former Abortion Clinic Workers Tell Their Stories,”\u00a0<\/em>contains the testimony of one former clinic worker who saw firsthand how willing her Planned Parenthood facility was to protect a woman\u2019s pimp, even when it was clear the woman was being physically abused.<\/p>\n

In the essay titled, \u201cA Special Place in Hell,\u201d a clinic worker writes about a woman named Diane, who was a prostitute and a frequent client at the facility.<\/p>\n

For over ten years, Diane had been coming to Planned Parenthood regularly. As the clinic worker points out, she had four separate charts that were \u201cdogeared and falling apart.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former clinic worker describes Diane\u2019s visits:<\/p>\n

Almost without fail, when we saw Diane she would be infected with one STD or another. We knew that she had a pimp. Typically she would have bruises all over her body, sometimes a black eye or a split lip or a gash in her arm. Many of us assumed that these wounds were inflicted by her pimp, or perhaps the culprit was one of her customers. But we never asked\u2026<\/p>\n

The clinic\u2019s unofficial position on prostitution was identical to its stance concerning abortion. A woman had the right to choose what she did with her body. Period. End of story. We were trained to think that prostitution or stripping was as valid a choice for a woman as being a nurse or a lawyer. We were there to treat their recurrent STDs, abort their babies, and send them on their way. Never were we to \u201cjudge\u201d their lifestyles.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The problem with this \u201cnonjudgmental\u201d attitude was that it was clear as day that Diane was in a deeply unhealthy situation. Repeated STDs, extensive physical abuse — these things would concern\u00a0any legitimate health care provider. But Planned Parenthood, in its effort to promote sexual freedom, allowed Diane’s abuse to continue.<\/p>\n

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