Planned Parenthood advises Hollywood on how to steer dialogue on topics such as abortion

OAN Newsroom
UPDATED  11:57 AM PT — Wednesday, September 25, 2019
The Director of Arts and Entertainment Engagement at Planned Parenthood told the Washington Post in an article published Monday that she regularly talks with many in Hollywood to steer the dialogue on topics such as abortion. In the article, Planned Parenthood’s Caren Spruch said she’s influenced more than 150 films since 2014 and is constantly contacted for advice on services that the non-profit provides.Spruch claimed she pushes screenwriters to discuss abortion or encourages story lines on birth control and sexually transmitted infections. The abortion rights activist has her hand in shows like “Shrill” and “Jane the Virgin.” She has had so much of an influence that it has earned her the nickname “Planned Parenthood’s Woman in Hollywood.”The nation’s largest abortion clinic might see Spruch’s role as relief from the series of shake-ups in the organization’s leadership over the past few months. Dr. Leana Wen served as Planned Parenthood’s president for less than a year before being ousted in July, in part, for refusing to push the organization’s laser-focus on abortion.FILE – In this June 4, 2019, file photo, a Planned Parenthood clinic is photographed in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)The clinic’s former president described her termination as “abrupt” on Tuesday at John Hopkins’ Bloomberg School of Public Health.“I wish I could tell a different story about how that experience went. I mean, I was at Planned Parenthood for less than one year. I would just say that I learned a lot in that time.” — Dr. Leana Wen, former Planned Parenthood presidentThe doctor also mentioned in articles that Planned Parenthood wanted her to reduce her definition of women’s health care to only include abortion rights, which Wen took issue with.The president’s firing and the organization’s role in Hollywood suggests how determined the abortion clinic is to push its pro-abortion message. However, the company still needs to first resolve its dispute with Wen after the doctor recently accused the pro-abortion clinic of withholding health care and pay benefits that were promised in her contract.