How Does Abby Johnson: The Story Behind My Movie 'Unplanned Work?

Abby Johnson changed her mind about abortion because she saw it differently inside her own workplace, and that personal shift inspired a whole movie called Unplanned.

Imagine you work at a store that sells two things: soft stuffed animals for babies and boxes labeled "Returns" for things people send back. Abby started working at the Planned Parenthood clinic when she was just twenty years old. At first, she thought the clinic was like a superhero headquarters helping people who didn't want to become parents yet. She loved her job so much that she eventually became the boss of one of those clinics!

One day, Abby went to her own doctor because she had some tummy trouble. The doctor used an ultrasound machine to look inside her belly. Ultrasound is like a sonar click for your insides. When they put the cold gel on her skin and pushed the wand around, Abby saw a real person inside her. It wasn't just a fuzzy blob; it was a tiny, beating heart!

She realized that the life growing inside her was starting at the very beginning, like planting a seed in spring. Suddenly, the "Returns" box didn't look so bad anymore. She started to see abortion not as helping people out of trouble, but as stopping something small and precious from being thrown away.

Abby wrote a book called Unplanned about this story. It became a huge hit because many other people felt the same confused feeling she did. The movie shows how her heart changed without her brain changing completely; she still believed in helping women, but now she also believed in protecting the baby.

Her journey is like turning around on a playground slide. You were sliding down one way (supporting abortion), and then you stopped, turned your head, and slid back up the other side (pro-life). It shows that changing your mind is brave and smart, not silly or weak.