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Iowa\u2019s Planned Parenthood recently launched<\/a> an \u201cI had an abortion and I\u2019m not sorry\u201d billboard campaign, purporting that it\u2019s about \u201ceveryday Iowans.\u201d As previously revealed, the campaign is really about increasing abortion rates at their existing sites. The locations of the billboards prove that.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood’s January 4, 2019, billboard press release highlighted just three people: Leah Vanden Bosch, Rachel Goss, and Amanda Hammon.\u00a0Each shared that they had an abortion. By their own words, they are defiant and unapologetic for the choices they made.<\/p>\n

Naturally, we were curious. Who are these women? Are they \u201ceveryday Iowans\u201d or something else?<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Planned Parenthood\u2019s new Iowa billboard campaign isn\u2019t about \u2018everyday Iowans\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Leah Vanden Bosch<\/strong> stated, \u201cI joined the #SayAbortion campaign because abortion is normal, abortion is health care, and I will not apologize for putting my life first.\u201d\u00a0Vanden Bosch lists herself on social media accounts as a \u201cPlanned Parenthood Patient Advocate.\u201d (Source: Twitter, @leah_vb<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n

Rachel Goss<\/strong> said, \u201cI cannot imagine what my life would be if I had not been able to make that decision about my own health. That is why I have dedicated my career to ensuring Iowans have access to all their health care options \u2013 regarding pregnancy or any medical condition\u2026 Abortion is health care; there is nothing else to it.\u201d\u00a0Goss\u00a0is the surgical services director<\/a> at Planned Parenthood of the Heartland.<\/p>\n

Amanda Hammon<\/strong> shared this in the press release: \u201cIt breaks my heart to this day that our community does not have access to abortion care or adequate family planning. That is why I am speaking up with the #SayAbortion campaign because I am not ashamed of my abortion, and I will never stop fighting to restore access to abortion care in my community.\u201d\u00a0Hammon, a registered nurse, worked at the Planned Parenthood in Bettendorf, Iowa, until Planned Parenthood chose to close that site in December 2017 — the 21st Planned Parenthood in Iowa to close since 2010. Hammon\u2019s social media postings, as well as her press release comments, show what appears to be anger over Planned Parenthood\u2019s decision to shut down that site. (Source: Facebook<\/em>)<\/p>\n

These women aren\u2019t \u201ceveryday Iowans.\u201d Hardly.\u00a0They are abortion activists, who collect or have collected their paychecks from Iowa\u2019s shrinking abortion chain, Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: Jenifer Bowen is president of LifeRightAction.org.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iowa\u2019s Planned Parenthood recently launched an \u201cI had an abortion and I\u2019m not sorry\u201d billboard campaign, purporting that it\u2019s about \u201ceveryday Iowans.\u201d As previously revealed, the campaign is really about increasing abortion rates at their existing sites. The locations of the billboards prove that. Planned Parenthood’s January 4, 2019, billboard press release highlighted just three […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":609,"featured_media":194030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[7077,8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nWomen of Planned Parenthood's billboard campaign are actually abortion workers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A little research reveals that the women on the billboards aren\u2019t \u201ceveryday Iowans.\u201d They're employees or former employees of Planned Parenthood.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/women-planned-parenthood-billboard-abortion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta 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