I Found This Speech By Gianna Jessin

[ChristisKing]

This was a couple of years ago, but I looked her up after buttercup told me about her. She is truly an inspirational woman.

 

[Sixties Fan]

This was a couple of years ago, but I looked her up after buttercup told me about her. She is truly an inspirational woman.

[ Liars about abortions and the people who believe it]


In 2008, "Jessen" (acknowledged to be a stage name) got media attention as a result of the election campaign and Obama's alleged opposition to legislation to protect the lives of babies born alive during abortion procedures. Scrutiny compelled Jessen to release her birth certificate, which was obviously the one re-issued by California after her adoption (as it lists her parents as "Diana" and "Peter"). This document listed the doctor as Edward C. Allred,the former owner of Family Planning Associates in California. However, there's no evidence he ever worked for Planned Parenthood.

Dr. Allred started his abortion practice in 1969, and in 1977 was receiving referrals from many physicians, hospitals, and yes, Planned Parenthood. As the rest of the article says (available on the LA Times archive), saline abortions could not be performed outside of a hospital. He performed all his saline abortions at Avalon Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles in 1977, which is cited by numerous pro-life organizations as the location of the April 6, 1977 attempted saline abortion.

There's no way that a saline abortion could have been provided by Planned Parenthood, as Jessen heavily implies in her recent testimony. I'm sure Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles can confirm they performed no saline abortions at their clinics in 1977, and that Dr. Edward Allred was not a PPLA employee. He sued them once for "stealing" his business when insurance started covering abortion, so I don't think they're his biggest fans.

So, if Planned Parenthood was involved at all, the most they did was tell "Tina" about Dr. Allred. The only "evidence" of Planned Parenthood's involvement is a dramatic tale of a regretful, pro-life teen being pressured and deceived by counselors - in a book, without any sourcing for the lurid story, and in contradiction to Jessen's own alleged experience with a hate-spewing monster who wasn't sorry at all.

So where is the proof? What relevance does her tragedy even have on deciding whether or not to keep using Planned Parenthood as a provider for federally subsidized birth control?

In reality, her story is a testament to why Planned Parenthood is needed. If her mother did actually go to Planned Parenthood in April of 1977, that wasn't the mistake that led to Gianna Jessen's medical torture by saline.

The mistake was going about nine months too late.


(full article online)

No, Gianna Jessen, Planned Parenthood Wasn't the Problem

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