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Former Head of Planned Parenthood Accuses Organization of 'Stridently Political, Abortion-first...
Townhall ^ | SEPT. 16, 2019 | Leah Barkoukis

Posted on 09/16/2019 5:51:01 AM PDT by Morgana

FULL TITLE: Former Head of Planned Parenthood Accuses Organization of 'Stridently Political, Abortion-first Philosophy'

Dr. Leana Wen, the recently fired head of Planned Parenthood, has not made her exit from the nation’s largest abortion provider a quiet one.

In a letter to Planned Parenthood’s board of directors, which was leaked to The New York Times, Wen accuses the group of trying to “buy [her] silence,” by withholding her severance package as “ransom” to get her to sign a confidentiality agreement.

“No amount of money can ever buy my integrity and my commitment to the patients I serve,” she wrote.

The board of Planned Parenthood fired Dr. Wen, 36, in July after sharp disagreements over what officials there described as her abrasive and flawed management style. Dr. Wen blamed her sacking on disagreements over her reorienting the organization further from abortion politics and more toward its role as a women’s health provider.

In her letter, Dr. Wen wrote she believed that de-emphasizing “abortion care is the best way to protect it.” “However,” she went on, “there is a vocal minority” including many national staff and board members “who prefer a stridently political, abortion-first philosophy.” (NYT)

While she said she had “no desire to harm the organization,” she did signal that legal action could be forthcoming.

“I have no desire to file claims against Planned Parenthood for defamation, retaliation, or discrimination,” she wrote.

On Twitter, Wen expressed her disappointment that her letter was leaked.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
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Oh gee Leana you just NOW realized this?
1 posted on 09/16/2019 5:51:01 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Anyone who is pro choice, supports Planned Parenthood or for that matter identifies as a Democrat, has made so many abominable moral compromises with their conscience to accept the wholesale slaughter of human life, that they could never be trusted in any matter of importance. Decent people should have only the most superficial association possible with such people. You definitely don’t want them in your home or to be in the proverbial foxhole next to you.


2 posted on 09/16/2019 5:59:57 AM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: Morgana

“Oh gee Leana you just NOW realized this?”

My first thoughts exactly.

But, she may’ve gone into the situation “eyes wide open” but hoping to change PP. Of course, the Board took the steps any good Lefty organization takes by declaring her guilty of...”abrasive and flawed management style.”

Closer to the truth probably was Dr Wen’s response...”Dr. Wen blamed her sacking on disagreements over her reorienting the organization further from abortion politics and more toward its role as a women’s health provider.”


3 posted on 09/16/2019 6:03:37 AM PDT by moovova
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To: moovova

Follow-up thought... if she went in hoping to change PP, you’ve got to give her credit for stepping into the “Lion’s Den”.


4 posted on 09/16/2019 6:05:31 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Morgana

Pray for her conversion.


5 posted on 09/16/2019 7:39:47 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: Morgana

She wasn’t worried about killing babies but now she is worried about blackmail?

Sucks to be on THAT side.


6 posted on 09/16/2019 8:22:30 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: moovova

I’m going to give Dr. Wen the benefit of the doubt on this.

She’s still a young woman. She can still come over to the side of righteousness.


7 posted on 09/16/2019 9:38:30 AM PDT by Nothingburger
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To: Morgana
“there is a vocal minority” including many national staff and board members “who prefer a stridently political, abortion-first philosophy.”

It's where the money is.


8 posted on 09/16/2019 11:44:19 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Hillary Clinton: Just like Joe with only half the dementia.)
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To: Morgana

File the claim, Dr. Wen. File the claim. G-d knows they made enough money selling dead baby organs. They can afford it.


9 posted on 09/16/2019 11:54:04 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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“I have no desire to file claims against Planned Parenthood for defamation, retaliation, or discrimination,”

It would be funny if she sued. Tragic, but funny.

10 posted on 09/16/2019 3:13:07 PM PDT by Widget Jr
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To: Morgana

Read later.


11 posted on 09/16/2019 3:26:09 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Morgana

Id Planned Parenthood is “Political” (as we all know it is) why are they not required to fill as a PAC and follow political rules..........Also use this to defund them


12 posted on 09/16/2019 3:46:13 PM PDT by blueyon (`nt to be a nothing burger)
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To: blueyon

Just WalkAway# Dr. Wen. Once you see it clearly, it can never be unseen. You want to fight for babies, save women? Fight PP with all the information you gathered this year working for them.


13 posted on 09/17/2019 4:17:59 PM PDT by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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