And then there were none

Ann’s Story

abby — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:57:26 +0000

I grew up the oldest of four in a loving family in the midwest. My father is a retired MD, my mother was an RN,. I grew up feeling loved, regularly attending the Presbyterian Church, collecting pets and plants. Loved living things and the outdoors. Fascinated with science. Became an RN myself, and started my career in the ICU. Later I was a traveling nurse, so I could see some of the world. Settled for a time in Florida, had a boyfriend. That friendship ended badly, and I decided to get a fresh start in Colorado, where one of my best friends from nursing school lived. At that time, there were many nurses, but not many jobs. I saw an ad for a "Women's Reproductive Health Clinic." It was a day position, four days a week. Day jobs are not always easy to find for nurses, and that sounded good to me. I quickly discovered it was an abortion clinic. I did not have strong feelings about abortion at that time…my parents are quite liberal politically, and had supported Planned Parenthood with their time and money. I always felt abortion was not something I could ever do myself….but if someone else wanted/needed to…well, that was her right. So, in the clinic environment of friendly, warm, supportive female employees (with the exception of the often prickly physician) I pushed down any negative feelings I had about the "procedures" and learned how to be an abortion clinic nurse. I learned how to prepare women for procedures, set out sterile instruments, turn on suction machines. And of course, I had to always be sure the little cloth drape was around the glass bottle that held the "products of conception" after the suction abortion. Another unfortunate staff member had the job of examining those bottles' contents, to be sure all the parts were there and nothing was retained in the patient's uterus. A macabre jigsaw puzzle if you will. Gradually, I learned how to assist with "late cases" which at that time were pregnancies from weeks 16-24. These were much more involved, requiring ultrasound, two days of laminaria, and removal of amniotic fluid to be replaced by concentrated urea. Then…after a few hours, the RN would listen for heart tones. We had to be certain the "heart tones" had stopped before the procedure was "completed". I never witnessed "partial birth" abortion while I was employed there for two years. It became more and more difficult to ignore my feelings when we had particularly egregious situations, such as the young, wealthy married couples expecting twins who, after careful research, determined twins would not fit their lifestyle. So they aborted their 17 week old babies. And the woman who was having abortion #5…birth control was too much bother for her. I still didn't feel strongly against abortion, but decided to move on to other employment. Interestingly, I ended up being a nurse in a Level 3 ICU Nursery, where premature babies are cared for. I loved it there. But I am not sure the irony had hit me yet, or maybe my denial system was still to strong. Somehow along the way, I would occasionally listen to Dr. James Dobson on Christian radio. Oh, how he irritated me when he talked about the sacredness of unborn life, all life! How aggravating that was to hear! He just didn't understand! He was a man, after all! Still…I even accompanied my sister in law, and a good friend, when they had abortions, because it was "the wrong time" for them. But gradually, our great God was turning my heart. He was melting the ice that kept me from feeling the pain and reality of abortion. I had gotten married to a wonderful man, and we had our first daughter. And not long after, I realized how indescribably precious parenthood was. It was a new, scary feeling, to discover…I was one of THEM! The Pro Life people! How strange to have your identity change. I realized that none of the arguments "for abortion" that I used to believe in had any merit at all. I felt very sad for my friends back at the clinic, who still lived in blindness.

I will be forever sorry for my participation in the abortion business. I know I am forgiven by Jesus, but the sad burden will forever be on my heart, and I am not sorry about that. I deserve to "feel" that, I do not believe "guilt" is necessarily a bad thing…and it helps motivate me to work towards a world where unborn life is treasured, and no one considers abortion to be a viable option."

Angie’s Story

abby — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:57:15 +0000

Up until a few years ago, I did not have a clear image of what the sanctity of life issue was all about. But God, as a part of His purpose for my life, began to reveal it to me. What I thought was an unraveling of everything I had ever hoped or dreamed of, was soon to become a character lesson of a lifetime.

I was a Woman's Heath Nurse Practitioner, a wife and mother of two kids in college. Heavily involved in ministry at church, I knew my husband had become distant. That led to a separation and ultimate end of our 23 year marriage. During my separation, I was led to a job at Planned Parenthood in Denton. I guess itw as naive on my part, but I figured if I wasn't working in the actual clinic that did the abortions, maybe it was an acceptable place to work.

It was there that my eyes were opened to the atrocities and the realities of abortion for the first time. It happened one day when a young woman came in 20 weeks pregnant and bleeding. I examined her, listened with the monitor for the baby's heartbeat, and realized it wasn't beating. I sent her to the ER where they found that the baby had died. A few days later, Planned Parenthood's supervising Nurse Practitioner came to my office inquiring why I had used a fetal heart Doppler to allow my patient to hear her baby's heartbeat. When I said it was part of the routine prenatal exam, she said, "not at Planned Parenthood, it isn't! We do not allow the patients to hear the heartbeats of their baby because it may sway their decision." When I commented that it was probably good in this instance because the patient got to the ER where she needed to be, she questioned why I did not send her to Dallas for an abortion. I said, "You would have done a sonogram and told her that her baby was dead." She said, "No we wouldn't have. By the time we do the sonogram, she has already signed consent for the abortion. We don't tell them if it is dead or alive, twins or triplets." It was at that point that I knew I could not longer be a party to this type of travesty.

I was so shaken, I went across the street to a pregnancy resource center and told them who I was and what had happened. It was as if they already knew me. They said they thought there was a "plant" next door at Planned Parenthood because of all the girls that had been referred there over the last few months. It was then, as they prayed and cried with me, that I began to see how, in spite of myself, God was using me for His purposes.

Not too long after that, I was working in the iinner city of Dallas, with primarily Hispanic women. I was doing their exams and giving birth control as I had always done. Until one day, a patient asked me if her IUD was causing abortions. As I explained the way it worked, my eyes were opened to the fact that conception was taking place, but the device was causing the baby to abort before it could implant on the uterus. At about the same time, God convicted me of the fact that the "morning after pill" also caused abortion. I prayed and decided to stand for what I felt was right, and was fired from my job.

Several weeks later, I was in a state of despair. I had no job, no insurance and I felt like God had abandoned me. What was my purpose? Just as I was at my lowest, I was awakened early in the morning. It was as if God was speaking audibly to me. All I could think was "save the babies." I called a local pregnancy center that day and spoke to the director. It just so happened their nurse manager was ill and was not sure if she would return. I started volunteering the next week, was trained to do sonograms and hired as the nurse manager three months later.

We don't always have the full picture. We see just a little portion of the plan God has for our lives, and it is easy to be discouraged when you're the one walking throught the fire. But, I'm alive and well today and here to testify of the provision, grace and mercy that I was shown at a time when I was hopeless. God sent His ministering angels to keep me safe from myself. I had become my own worst enemy. Now, every day I can't wait to go to work and see who God will place in my path this day. As I watch the women and see the look on their faces as they witness the miracle of a little living, breathing, human being squirming on the sonogram, it makes me see a little bit more of His purpose for my life. They hear the heartbeat, see the fingers, the toes and the humanity of their baby. They begin to bond and most decide to choose life. It makes me ever so grateful that God gave me a second chance…a second chance to "choose life."

Press Release on GA Abortion Doctor

abby — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:16:44 +0000

Contact: Abby Johnson

And Then There Were None

979-219-8777

Ex-Wife and Daughter of Atlanta Abortionist Daniel McBrayer to Star in Style Network’s New Reality Television Show “Big Rich Atlanta”

January 16, 2013 – Atlanta, Georgia– This Sunday, January 20, 2013, a new show called Big Rich Atlanta will air on Style Network. The cast includes two women named Marcia Marchman and Meagan McBrayer, the ex-wife and daughter of Dr. Daniel McBrayer, owner of an abortion clinic in Marietta, Georgia, located just northwest of Atlanta.

At the end of one of the trailers of Big Rich Atlanta, McBrayer’s daughter Meagan cites her liking of men ten years her senior as a “daddy issue.” Who could blame her when her father is an infamous abortionist with a criminal record for his violence towards a woman? In fact, Meagan is still working for her father at his abortion clinic.

In 2009, Dr. Daniel Enoch McBrayer was arrested in a violent road rage incident. McBrayer stopped a woman at a stop sign who had allegedly cut him off in traffic, got out of his car, approached the woman, had her roll down the window of her car and punched her in the face. Her two young children in the back seat witnessed the assault.

McBrayer was charged with simple battery, taken to jail, and released on a $1,500 bond.

In 2002, McBrayer admitted to committing illegal second-trimester abortions in his office on Powers Ferry Road in Atlanta. Under Georgia law, it is illegal to perform abortions after the first trimester in a non-hospital or an unlicensed facility. McBrayer's clinic is, in fact, an unlicensed abortion clinic. He signed a Public Consent Order with the Georgia Composite Board of Medical Examiners confessing his crimes and was put on probation for two years, paid a $5,000 fine, and underwent twenty hours of training in the “area of ethics.”

Dr. Daniel McBrayer's ex-wife and daughter are starring on Big Rich Atlanta because of the blood money he acquires from the thousands of abortions he commits annually.

The pro-life organization, And Then There Were None, prays for and looks forward to the day that Dr. McBrayer's heart is softened to uphold his first duty as a physician: to care for the lives of all those who come to him, including the unborn. Until that day comes, we urge pro-lifers, especially those in the state of Georgia, to keep a close watch on this doctor and his office on Powers Ferry Road.

We Won’t Get Caught

abby — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:40:47 +0000

An Open Letter to Clinic Workers:

I remember the meeting like it was yesterday. All of the clinic directors assembled in the main conference room. Sitting in a sort of squared-circle facing each other.

We were being told that we had all been guilty of fraudulent billing to the state and federal government. We didn’t even know that we had been participating in the fraud. We were all sitting there in silence. What did this mean? Were we in trouble? Could we potentially get in trouble? So, I broke the silence. I simply asked, “What are we going to do about the money we shouldn’t have received?” The response, “We are going to hope we don’t get caught.” But…”What if we do get caught? Can we be held responsible?” She then went into a long story about a similar situation she had once been in at a clinic where she once worked. The moral of the story was, yes, we could all be held responsible…but not to worry, “we” wouldn’t get caught.

A couple years later, I left Planned Parenthood. I talked to several attorneys about that meeting. I knew what I had been involved in was wrong, and I knew Planned Parenthood needed to be held accountable. That meeting had nothing to do with pro-life or pro-choice issues; this was about our tax dollars and fiscal responsibility. So, I decided to come forward with the information I knew and am now involved in a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood.

I often think about the people I worked with at Planned Parenthood. When this case goes to court, can they be held accountable? Yes. Can they be put in jail for this fraudulent activity? Yes. Is that a scary thought? Absolutely.

When I look back, I realize just how shocking and disrespectful Planned Parenthood was. You can see how much they value their personnel. “We are going to hope we don’t get caught”…but if we do, we will throw you under the bus instead of correcting our mistake.

So, maybe you are currently a clinic worker. Maybe you are aware of fraudulent activity taking place at your facility. Maybe it is happening and you don’t even know about it. We just recently saw videos exposed by Live Action that show clinic workers knowingly breaking the law. Has that been you? Can you really trust your employer, the abortion industry? This is the same industry that has multiple lawsuits pending (all brought on by former clinic workers) that allege fraud. This is the same industry that is currently under Congressional investigation because of suspected misdeeds. This is the same industry that has been caught again and again by Live Action and other groups breaking the law and deliberately lying to patients. These are the people you trust? You think they are loyal to you? Think again. Just months before I left Planned Parenthood, I had received their “Employee of the Year” award. Three weeks after I left, I was sitting in a court fighting against the people I once called my closest friends. You’ve heard the saying, “There is no honor among thieves.” Well, there is even less honor in the abortion industry.

You may hear things from your supervisors like, “Oh, those Live Action videos are a hoax.” Why don’t you check it out for yourself? We always post unedited video on our site, www.liveaction.org. If they are indeed a “hoax” then why do these clinics always fire the employees involved in the videos? I understand tolerance and acceptance, but those two things do not require law breaking…which is what we see over and over again. I remember watching one video…I heard the clinic workers say, “We don’t judge here. We accept people from all walks of life.” I could almost hear my voice making that statement. The clinic worker was reassuring a pimp and a prostitute that their illegal sex trafficking ring was “safe” with Planned Parenthood. You see what we have done? We have forgotten who we are working to protect. We have allowed the idea of “tolerance” to cloud our judgment of right and wrong. I suspect you have run into similar situations at your clinic…I know I did. Did you brush them off under the idea that ‘you are a tolerant person’ or did you do the right thing and stand up against what you saw? I bet you let “tolerance” and “acceptance” get the best of you.

Are you willing to take the fall for your job? Are you willing to go to prison for this industry? If not, then we can help. You don’t have to feel trapped. There is a way out and it is called “And Then There Were None.” It is an organization to help you leave the abortion industry. We provide 4 streams of assistance.

- Up to three months of financial support after a worker resigns and help with job placement

- Emotional support during the transition time

- A spiritual advisor of the former worker’s choosing

- Free legal counsel to protect the worker’s interests during transition

There is no reason to stay in the abortion field if you want out…and we have a strong desire to help you. You deserve better than the abortion industry. You deserve to work somewhere where you are valued and respected. Let us help. www.attwn.org.

Bracelets!!

abby — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:18:45 +0000

Our friend, Pam, has a store on Etsy. She has graciously offered to donate 20% of all profits she makes in her store to our ministry, And Then There Were None, for the months of November and December. She has even made a special ATTWN bracelet! Please check out her store and purchase something if you are able. Remember, Christmas is just around the corner!!

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The 1%

abby — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:24:20 +0000

Our ministry has been up and running officially for five months now. We have had several clinic workers each month contact us, wanting out of the abortion industry. At one point, we had three workers from one clinic. Exoduses like this absolutely cripple

abortion facilities.

Most abortion clinics don't have many employees. Bigger ones do, but some clinics consist of just a doctor and a nurse. Like any other business, the abortion industry suffers when employees leave.

There are about 650 abortion clinics in the country. If we estimate an average of about five employees per facility, we can assume there are currently about 3,300 abortion clinic employees in the United States.

At this point, And Then There Were None has had THIRTY FOUR workers come out and leave the industry with conversions on the issue of life. Remember, ATTWN officially launched in June… And already, we estimate that we have had 1% of the industry come to us! This is just the tip of the iceberg!!!

We are currently working with two abortionists. We have new workers calling us literally every week. This 1% represents a new trend. Abortion workers are leaving, and they are taking their friends with them. These FORMER workers are now reaching into the same clinics where they once worked. They are sharing their new found joy with their friends still trapped in the industry.

We couldn't do any of this without you. Thank you so much for your confidence in this ministry. We are changing lives…and bringing down the abortion industry…on worker at a time.

A letter from a mom.

abby — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:01:36 +0000

Abortion clinic workers think they are helping women. They think they are helping women manage a crisis in their lives. But they are wrong. Here is a letter from a woman who obtained an abortion. Abortion hurts women. If you are working in an abortion clinic…pay attention.

To abortion clinic workers:

Hi, I had an abortion at your clinic almost 6 years ago on October 14th, 2006. I am still dealing with the emotional and spiritual pain from that day. I am just wondering why I was never warned that I may have suicidal tendencies, may dive into alcohol and drug addiction to cope, and may have a hard time with relationships with men and attachment to future children. Where are the warnings for these inevitable effects post abortion? I really trusted your office for unbiased guidance. Its not a lump of tissue like our society pushes down our throats. At 7 weeks it has a heart beat, brain waves, and can respond to touch! I murdered my baby! The doctor there (I can't remember his name) was so nice that I trusted him (he always remarked that I looked like Hilary Swank). It gave me a false sense of security and comfort. Since that time I have become Christian and I know that God has forgiven me for what I've done. I just want you to know that I am praying for all of you that you see how harmful this is to women not just physically but emotionally and spiritually too. This email may go no where and get deleted but I hope at least you know that I forgive you, I do not believe you are bad people just misguided, and I pray that you seek the truth about what you do.

www.attwn.org

“Converted”

abby — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:18:24 +0000

For forty years, pro-life advocates have fought to end legal abortion in our country. Right to life groups have been established, over 4,000 pregnancy centers are now up and running, ministries and retreats have taken place for men and women affected by abortion. The pro-life movement is well organized and holds the majority viewpoint of our country.

There have been many victories along the way—stricter abortion regulations like parental consent, waiting periods, and making ultrasound photos available to abortion-minded women have become law in many states. Thousands of women have spoken up about their past abortions, pleading for other women to reconsider making that “choice” to spare the lives of their children and spare themselves a lifetime of regret. Pro-life activists line the sidewalks to reach out to women before their abortion appointments, and pregnancy center staff is ready and waiting to assist women in need. Despite the fact that we have the most radically pro-choice president in history, we have made more strides in the pro-life movement than ever before.

So four decades later, why are we still fighting the same fight?

Answer: because as long as the doors of abortion clinics remain open, they will have business. That’s it.

Abortion workers come from all different walks of life. Different circumstances and choices lead them to a career inside of the industry of pain and deceit, and although their paths are different, they all have one goal: to help women in a crisis situation make the best decision for their lives. Like those in the pro-life movement, they are driven by a compassion for women… it is just misguided compassion.

Recently, the Pro-Life Action League held an event in Chicago to recognize those who had a conversion of heart while working inside the abortion industry. Former abortionists, abortion clinic directors, abortion counselors and clinic employees shared their stories about what initially drew them in, and how they experienced a change of heart and came to the side of life.

Ruth Yorston worked with her mother in the abortion industry. She was raised to believe that abortion was a wonderful and empowering choice for women. Dr. Tony Levatino was an abortion doctor. He performed first and second trimester abortions. He believed that by provided women a safe abortion procedure, he was helping to protect the health of women. Linda Couri was an abortion clinic counselor. After losing her faith in her 20s and after experiencing her own abortion, she wanted to help other women navigate through the difficult decision that she had also been faced with in her past. Sue Thayer was the clinic manager of an abortion referral clinic for 17 years. She thought she was helping to prevent abortions by providing contraception to the masses at her referral clinic. Catherine Adair was an abortion clinic counselor. Growing up in a Catholic, but pro-choice home, she believed that helping women in their time of crisis was the charitable and “right” thing to do. Dr. John Bruchalski began performing abortions simply as an additional service to his gynecology clients. Why send them to an unfamiliar provider when they can go to someone they trust? Dr. Tony Caruso worked in the field of reproductive endocrinology for 15 years. He was well versed in In-vitro Fertilization. He had seen hundreds of couples long for a child and believed he was helping them achieve their dreams of having a baby of their own. And we all know my story of being raised in a Christian home…good parents, church every Sunday, good student. But abortion was still able to creep into my personal life at the age of 20 and then into my professional life at the age of 21. I got involved in Planned Parenthood because I truly thought helping women make their own reproductive choices was the most powerful gift I could give to someone.

None of us were “bad” people. None of us were “evil.” Our fight is not with people…not with flesh and blood. We were misguided. Sinners. But by grace and mercy, we are forgiven. And by a sheer miracle, we are all advocates in the pro-life movement. It is not easy to publicly reveal your ignorance…to admit just how dumb you were for so long. It’s not easy to tell people that you were wrong. But we have all done it. Not because it has been easy, but because it is right. Our paths into the abortion industry are different. But our goals now are the same. We want to end abortion. We want workers to have the same joy and peace that we have been lucky enough to experience. Our goal is lofty, but it is happening right in front of our eyes.

Every abortion worker is reachable… including the abortionists. The Converted Conference proved just that. Herein lies the missing piece of the puzzle—reaching out to these abortion workers instead of ignoring or demeaning them. They are human beings, with friends and family who love them, with homes and children to care for. When we begin to treat them as such, it opens the door to a conversion of heart.

No abortion clinic workers. No abortion clinics. No abortions. It starts with the workers.

WEBCAST! WEBCAST! REGISTER NOW!

abby — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:03:34 +0000

JOIN US FOR OUR WEBCAST!!!! REGISTER NOW AT WWW.EXPOSINGTHELIE.COM!!!!

Join former Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson and other former abortion workers for a powerful webcast ,“Exposing the Lie,” on Monday, June 11, 2012, at 7:00pm central (8:00pm EST). These former clinic workers will share their experiences from behind the doors of the abortion clinics and expose the truth about the abortion industry.

Abby Johnson will discuss her newfound ministry, “And Then There Were None,” that reaches out to current and former abortion workers by offering financial, legal, emotional, and spiritual support as clinic workers transition out of the abortion industry and into a new line of work. So far, seventeen abortion clinic workers have contacted her wanting out of the abortion industry—and this is only the beginning.

You won’t want to miss this webcast. Register now at ExposingTheLie.com to secure your spot for this groundbreaking event.

Alert the Presses!!

abby — Tue, 29 May 2012 20:54:52 +0000

FORMER PLANNED PARENTHOOD DIRECTOR LAUNCHES MINISTRY FOR ABORTION WORKERS

No more abortion clinic workers.
No more abortion clinics.
No more abortions.

AUSTIN, TEXAS— On June 4, 2012, former Planned Parenthood abortion clinic director Abby Johnson launched the official website for And Then There Were None, a nonprofit organization that ministers specifically to abortion clinic workers. ATTWN will emotionally, spiritually, legally, and financially assist former abortion clinic workers as they transition out of the abortion industry and into a new line of work.

“We have hundreds of ministries for post-abortive women and men. There is literally nothing for these former clinic workers,” Johnson said. “We are going to change that.”

ATTWN seeks to assist former abortion clinic workers through these four integral aspects: emotional, spiritual, legal, and financial. Emotional support will be readily available for these former clinic workers as they need it. They will be connected to a spiritual guidance counselor of any religious denomination of their choosing for the process of spiritual healing. Full legal protections of an attorney will be available to former clinic workers at no cost. They will obtain financial support as they receive assistance in finding a new job outside of the abortion industry.

Aside from prayer, the most crucial aspect of this new ministry is garnering funds so these clinic workers can literally afford to leave the abortion industry and still be able to provide for themselves and their families. This is where pro-lifers can truly be active in their convictions: as there is no other outreach program like this one, it will need support.

“It is not always easy to convince people to give to a ministry where you may never meet the people you help,” Johnson said. “You may never know their names. You may never see them face to face. But your support is saving them…saving them from a road of darkness, of pure evil. Your support is bringing them into hope.”

Join ATTWN for their first international webcast to hear testimonials from former abortion clinic workers and how you can help support this new ministry. You may go to www.exposingthelie.com to register for the webcast on June 11, 2012 at 7pm.

If you or someone you know wants to leave the abortion industry, there is free, confidential help available. Visit www.attwn.org to contact ATTWN and receive guidance and assistance through your transition out of the abortion industry— every step of the way.