Leana Wen

Two months after being fired from the organization, former Planned Parenthood president Dr. Leana Wen has accused the abortion giant of trying to buy her silence. Wen, who recently announced that she is pregnant with her second child, is still in the process of negotiating her severance package. She has accused Planned Parenthood of threatening to withhold health insurance and severance payout unless she agrees to sign an additional confidentiality agreement. These accusations were aired in a leaked letter Wen wrote to Planned Parenthood’s board of directors. “No amount of money can ever buy my integrity and my commitment to the

After less than a year on the job, Dr. Leana Wen has been removed from her position as president of Planned Parenthood. Wen cited “philosophical differences” in a statement released after her ouster was announced, adding: I believe the best way to protect abortion care is to be clear that it is not a political issue but a health care one, and that we can expand support for reproductive health care as the fundamental health care that it is. My statement stepping down as President/CEO of @PPFA and President of @PPAct. pic.twitter.com/WJ3EBgJIAy — Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) July 16, 2019

In a shocking move, Planned Parenthood’s new president, Leana Wen, has finally acknowledged that providing access to abortion is the main mission of the organization. The centrality of abortion to the very existence of Planned Parenthood has been denied for over a decade. Whether it be through trying to shift attention to various other services its clinics offer, or by utilizing the widely discredited statistic that abortions comprise only 3 percent of the organization’s annual activity, spokesmen have tried their hardest to deny the public image of Planned Parenthood simply being another abortion provider. In a display of unusual honesty,