{"id":606170,"date":"2021-07-29T16:36:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T20:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=606170"},"modified":"2021-07-29T16:36:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T20:36:20","slug":"former-planned-parenthood-head-i-was-forced-out-for-not-promoting-abortion-aggressively-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-planned-parenthood-head-i-was-forced-out-for-not-promoting-abortion-aggressively-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Planned Parenthood Head: I Was Forced Out For Not Promoting Abortion Aggressively Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-planned-parenthood-head-i-was-forced-out-for-not-promoting-abortion-aggressively-enough%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=606170&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1144692499-scaled-e1617386699495.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The former head of Planned Parenthood, Dr. Leana Wen was forced to part ways with the \u201cwomen\u2019s health\u201d provider because she did not promote abortion enough in public interviews, according to Wen\u2019s new book, \u201cLifelines: A Doctor\u2019s Journey in the Fight for Public Health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The organization also wanted Wen to use a miscarriage she suffered just before she left her post at Planned Parenthood as her public excuse for stepping down after just nine months with the organization, according to Business Insider.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn her first full day on the job as Planned Parenthood\u2019s president, Dr. Leana Wen appeared on ABC\u2019s \u2018The View\u2019&nbsp;to talk about her vision for the organization,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com.au\/dr-leana-wen-book-planned-parenthood-wanted-use-miscarriage-cover-2021-7\">Business Insider detailed based on Wen\u2019s book<\/a>. \u201cWhen the segment wrapped, Wen, who\u2019d left her role as Baltimore\u2019s&nbsp;health commissioner for the gig, was elated that it had resonated with the live, cheering audience. But her new colleagues at Planned Parenthood\u2019s headquarters were not: Wen had failed to say the word \u2018abortion.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Wen says she was expected by Planned Parenthood to promote abortion, which the clinic chain claims makes up just 3% of its services, every time she appeared in public. If she failed to say the word, \u201cabortion\u201d in interviews or mention the service, she was accused of further stigmatizing the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Leana Wen was given an ultimatum: Change her strategy as president of Planned Parenthood, or leave,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com.au\/dr-leana-wen-book-planned-parenthood-wanted-use-miscarriage-cover-2021-7\">the outlet noted<\/a>. \u201cThe emergency physician and former Baltimore health commissioner had tried to position the organization as a nonpartisan healthcare institution, but its board wanted to double down on its progressive, pro-abortion advocacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need to talk about abortion at every media interview,\u201d Wen says she was told by a Planned Parenthood staffer. \u201cYou\u2019re the president of Planned Parenthood. People expect that from you.&nbsp;Not saying \u2018abortion\u2019 sounds as if you\u2019re ashamed of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we don\u2019t talk about abortion openly, loudly, and proudly, as a positive moral good, then we are further stigmatizing it and the people who need it,\u201d Wen claimed she was told.<\/p>\n<p>Wen believed that Planned Parenthood should approach the issue of abortion with more care, believed using \u201cpro-abortion\u201d language alienated people whose decision to get one was painful, and that Planned Parenthood could be more attuned to people whose views on abortion were \u201cnuanced,\u201d and focus more on the abortion provider\u2019s other services.<\/p>\n<p>What ultimately led to Wen\u2019s departure was the realization that Planned Parenthood was more concerned with its political advocacy than providing actual health care to women.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Wen said, ultimately, the tension between her and those around her wasn\u2019t just about abortion but about politics,\u201d Business Insider noted. \u201cPlanned Parenthood sees itself as a liberal advocacy organization, outspoken on issues loosely related to healthcare, like net neutrality, defunding the police, and DC\u2019s statehood, she wrote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was given a choice: change, or leave,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>While Wen was deciding whether to give up her position, she suffered a miscarriage. When she confided in a colleague what had happened, the colleague told higher-ups, who then \u201csuggested she use the loss to explain her departure.\u201d After she refused, Planned Parenthood\u2019s board voted her out \u2014 a decision she says she learned about over text message from a news organization.<\/p>\n<p>The former head of Planned Parenthood says she is still supportive of the organization\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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