In response, the ACLU and the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
On Jan. 13, Politico published an article reporting that the ACLU had dropped its lawsuit “after HHS quietly released the money in December.” An ACLU press release that same day announced that the lawsuit was “voluntarily dismissed…following the government’s restoration of all Title X family planning grants that were the subject of NFPRHA’s litigation.”
Johnson summarized what had happened with the Title X funding and noted that the grants were restored “very, very quietly.”
“There was virtually no news cycle about it,” she said. “Certainly, the pro-life movement did not talk about it because they really want to help the Trump administration save face because, you know, every pro-life leader except for me endorsed Trump.”
“And so they really do want to help protect this image that Trump is the most pro-life president we’ve ever had,” said Johnson. Despite the administration’s decision taking place in December, the public did not learn about it until the ACLU dropped the lawsuit.
Some media outlets have since reported the news but “not enough,” Johnson said, “and certainly the pro-life movement didn’t talk about it very much. I was surprised but not surprised at the cover-up job that the pro-life movement did to protect [Trump’s and Vance’s] image.”
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Johnson said that on Jan. 16, March for Life announced Vance as the “highlight speaker” this year, “which is, quite honestly, insanity to me.” March for Life is an annual pro-life rally that takes place in Washington, D.C. This year’s event is on Jan. 23.
Johnson mentioned that the Trump administration, in addition to restoring of the Title X funds, had, “months ago, greenlit the distribution of the generic form of RU-486, the medication abortion pill.” Johnson might have been referencing when the FDA approved a generic version of mifepristone in October.
In a second video, posted Jan. 20, Johnson said that, although March for Life had helped promote “Unplanned” when it came out, the organization had declined to sponsor her new documentary, “Unthinkable.”
This documentary is “the greatest exposé on the abortion industry ever created,” Johnson said. The film features conversations with three dozen abortion industry workers about “their worst day in the clinic.”
“Nothing has been released like this ever,” said Johnson.
