Latest project: Unplanned: The Dramatic True Story of a Former Planned Parenthood Leader’s Eye-Opening Journey Across the Life Line, co-authored with Cindy Lambert (Focus on the Family/SaltRiver/Tyndale House Publishers).

Resides in: Bryan, Texas.

What changed you from pro-choice to pro-life? There were a couple things. One was I started to see how the organization was really driven by money. ... The last year I was there we were struggling financially and so I was there to help the women and to help serve them, but I started to see really they were just dollar signs to this organization. What really was the turning point was actually seeing an ultrasound-guided abortion procedure on the ultrasound screen and seeing a child fighting for its life in the womb and ultimately losing that battle.

And you were participating in that abortion? That’s right. I was holding the ultrasound probe on the women’s abdomen during the actual abortion procedure. 

But that’s not something you normally did? No, actually using ultrasound guidance during an abortion procedure was not something we normally did in our facility.

You were the director of a Planned Parenthood clinic. How did you start working there? I started out as a volunteer. I was in college and didn’t know much about Planned Parenthood, kind of got roped in to the mission. They told me they were there to help women, help under-served women, help women who didn’t have insurance and healthcare on their own and that they were really there to help provide preventative care to women and to help reduce the number of unplanned pregnancies and therefore reduce the number of abortions. … I was raised pro-life and knew that being pro-life meant that my family was against abortion. The way it was described to me made sense and as someone who hasn’t really discussed the ins and outs of abortion with my family in detail, I was pretty easy to hook.

You now volunteer with Coalition for Life. What is that like? I go and pray outside the clinic where I used to work regularly. I do work with 40 Days for Life campaign.

How would you advise retailers in selling this book? This is really a book that shows the power of God’s redemption. As someone who has not only been party to thousands of abortions as an abortion clinic director, but who has also had two abortions herself, this is a book that can really relate to people who have struggled with these issues

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