{"id":207221,"date":"2019-07-25T13:46:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T18:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=207221"},"modified":"2019-07-24T11:13:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T16:13:42","slug":"media-planned-parenthood-staffer-exodus-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/media-planned-parenthood-staffer-exodus-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Media tries to pin Planned Parenthood staffer exodus on fired president, but they were jumping ship long before she arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While Planned Parenthood staffers leave the abortion business in droves, the media appears complicit with the abortion corporation in making ousted<\/a> president Leana Wen the lone scapegoat. When insiders at Planned Parenthood told<\/a> Buzzfeed how Planned Parenthood’s board had noticed the way several staffers had fled the organization, the media reported that the departures were partly due to restructuring changes put in place under Wen. But the truth is, staffers were jumping ship long before Wen came on board.<\/p>\n

Wen replaced \u201cpolitical organizer-in-chief<\/a>\u201d\u00a0Cecile Richards<\/a>, who resigned<\/a> in 2018. Shortly after Richards left,\u00a0VP<\/a>\u00a0Dawn Laguens<\/a>\u00a0and VP of Communications\u00a0Kevin Griffis,<\/a>\u00a0among others, also stepped down. Why? No one seems to know… and the media is not investigating. Pro-life watchdog group\u00a0Operation Rescue had a hypothesis, and in February,\u00a0Live Action News published<\/a>\u00a0OR’s research indicating that Planned Parenthood might be purging staffers due to its aborted baby parts scandal, which is still under criminal investigation<\/a>. A review of OR\u2019s\u00a0partial list<\/a>\u00a0of retired Planned Parenthood staffers (seen below) made a compelling case for OR\u2019s\u00a0 suspicions.<\/p>\n

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Among those listed above are some former employees who were seen in the Center for Medical Progress’s multiple undercover videos, with names you may remember: Deborah VanDerhei<\/a>, Deborah Nucatola<\/a>, Carolyn Westhoff<\/a>, Mary Gatter<\/a>, Savita Ginde<\/a>, Vanessa Cullins<\/a>, and\u00a0DeShawn Taylor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Additional staffers have also fled the abortion corporation, with some landing positions with the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n

Joe Solmonese<\/strong><\/p>\n

A March 2019\u00a0press release<\/a> from the Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) reveals that former Planned Parenthood staffer Joe Solmonese was named Chief Executive Officer of the 2020 Democratic National Convention Committee. According to the release,\u00a0Solmonese “previously served as Transition Chair of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), where he was responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the national office following the departure of Cecile Richards.”<\/p>\n

In addition Solmonese served as:<\/p>\n

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