{"id":193980,"date":"2019-01-13T15:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-13T21:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=193980"},"modified":"2019-01-11T12:41:12","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T18:41:12","slug":"planned-parenthood-dark-pregnancy-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-dark-pregnancy-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Workers recount Planned Parenthood’s ‘dark’ culture of pregnancy discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Planned Parenthood medical assistant Ta’Lisa Hairston, recently highlighted in a New York Times expose<\/a> detailing how she and other pregnant staffers experienced discrimination while working for the abortion corporation, has spoken out in an interview for the first time since the article was published. Hairston told the Times that Planned Parenthood ignored her obstetrician’s orders requiring her to take frequent breaks. Hairston gave birth prematurely and told the Times that just two months later, Planned Parenthood “began calling her at home, telling her to return to work early.” She further describes the harassment and stress she suffered at the hands of her former employer.<\/p>\n

In an interview with host Catherine Hadro of EWTN’s Pro-life Weekly<\/a>,\u00a0Hairston says Planned Parenthood forced her to work long shifts while she was pregnant, some up to twelve hours, extending to her very few breaks. “I wouldn’t get one or if I did go on lunch, I was pulled out of the lunch room to see patients.”<\/p>\n

Hairston developed preeclampsia, a\u00a0serious condition<\/a> which\u00a0can result in\u00a0complications for mother and baby — even death, if left untreated.\u00a0“It was so bad that I was put on bed rest multiple times,” Hairston said in her EWTN interview.<\/p>\n

Hairston was eventually admitted to the hospital where she swiftly received an emergency C-section to avoid the rupture of her liver.<\/p>\n