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* BasedOnATrueStory: The premise of the story is based in truth: Abby Johnson is a real person who indeed worked at a Planned Parenthood clinic and supported abortion, then quit her job and joined the anti-abortion group Coalition for Life, protesting abortion. She claimed this was due to her witnessing the abortion of a 13-week-old fetus, which she said appeared to fight for its life, as well as the clinic increasing the number of abortions performed. However, the factual details get murkier from there. The veracity of Johnson's account has been disputed and questioned by several sources, not just by Planned Parenthood, but also by investigators, as medical records contradict some of her claims. It's also noted that shortly prior to Johnson leaving Planned Parenthood, she'd been facing problems at work and had made a social media post expressing frustration over her employers criticising her job performance, which suggest there other factors besides moral opposition to abortion that led to Johnson quitting (which the film doesn't mention). Johnson has gone on record claiming that Planned Parenthood likely doctored their records to invalidate her claims, that she would have nothing to gain from perpetuating such an elaborate lie and stands by her story.

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* BasedOnATrueStory: The premise of the story is based in truth: Abby Johnson is a real person who indeed worked at a Planned Parenthood clinic and supported abortion, then quit her job and joined the anti-abortion group Coalition for Life, protesting abortion.Life. She claimed this was due to her witnessing the abortion of a 13-week-old fetus, which she said appeared to fight for its life, as well as the clinic increasing the number of abortions performed. However, the factual details get murkier from there. The veracity of Johnson's account has been disputed and questioned by several sources, not sources (not just by Planned Parenthood, but also by investigators, outside investigators) as medical records contradict some of her claims. It's also noted that shortly prior to Johnson leaving Planned Parenthood, she'd been facing problems at work and had made a social media post expressing frustration over her employers criticising her job performance, which suggest there other factors besides moral opposition to abortion that led to Johnson quitting (which the film doesn't mention). Planned Parenthood also stated that while the clinic Johnson worked at did see an increase in abortion procedures around the time she quit, this was due to more patients requesting the procedure rather than driven by the clinic. Johnson has gone on record claiming that Planned Parenthood likely doctored their records to invalidate her claims, claims and that she would have nothing to gain from perpetuating such an elaborate lie and stands by her story.lie.



* FilmOfTheBook: Based on Abby Johnson's memoir of the same name.

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* FilmOfTheBook: TheFilmOfTheBook: Based on Abby Johnson's memoir of the same name.

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