I blogged recently about Abby Johnson’s book, The Walls are Talking. Subtitled, “Former abortion clinic workers tell their stories”, its author has a particular stake in the pro-life debate because until 2009 she was a prominent employee in Texas of the US-based abortion organisation, Planned Parenthood. Dramatically, she left Planned Parenthood that year and has since become famous as a pro-life campaigner.

I found it chastening to read in her book that Abby Johnson receives criticism from other people doing pro-life work, so contacted her to find out more about her life after her dramatic change of heart. She tells me that some people still criticise her, explaining that “like anyone who comes out of the abortion industry, I had a lot of growing up to do. All of this, as well as my healing, have taken place in public. To this day, some people still hold things against me that I said early on, such as supporting contraceptives or exceptions.”