Former Planned Parenthood Head Leana Wen: `My Colleagues Disagreed` That Abortion was Not about Politics
(World News USA)

Dr. Leana Wen, the former president and chief executive of Planned Parenthood, claimed this week that her ouster from the women`s reproductive health non-profit came about because of her desire to depoliticize abortion access. In an opinion column published Friday in The New York Times, Wen wrote that she faced `daily internal opposition` for her desire to recast Planned Parenthood in the popular consciousness as a mainstream healthcare organization rather than a singularly focused, pro-abortion advocacy group. `To counter those who associate the organization with only abortion and use this misconception to attack...