“Why do I leave the March for Life every year happier than when I came? Hope and gratefulness are the reasons. Gratefulness for the life we have and the life we've given and hope for the future, to live in a world where abortion becomes unthinkable.”

American anti-abortion activist, former Planned Parenthood clinic director

Abby Johnson is an American anti-abortion activist and former Planned Parenthood clinic director. She resigned in October 2009 and later became known for speaking publicly about her change in position. Johnson has described her resignation as the result of watching an abortion on ultrasound. Her account, and the details of her conversion, have been challenged by investigative reporters, with medical records said to conflict with some of her claims.