I Worked At Planned Parenthood For 17 Years. Here’s Why I Am Saying No To Kamala.

When I fled civil unrest and violence in Mexico City for the United States as a young girl, I had no idea that I would eventually become sucked into another violent regime: the U.S. abortion industry.

Unfortunately, the 17 years I spent working as an employee of Planned Parenthood opened my eyes to unspeakable horrors inflicted on babies and moms that Democrat politicians like Kamala Harris facilitate. Today, as Vice President Kamala Harris seeks to win the White House, I hope my story serves as a warning that Harris’ laundry list of incompetency and injustice against immigrants and women make her unfit to lead our nation.

Planned Parenthood hired me back in 2000, I believe in large part because I was undocumented, which made me a useful envoy to the immigrant community. Over the next 17 years, the organization groomed me into one of their leading employees. Yet as I was showered with bonuses, titles and even Planned Parenthood’s 2016 “Employee of the Year,” I began uncovering the truth about the coercion and exploitation the organization relied upon as part of its business model. I saw that, contrary to their claim that abortion was only a minuscule part of their services, the abortion clinic I worked in raked in about $20,000 per day compared to their non-abortive clinic which made barely a few hundred.

Among the many problems I saw go unreported, one doctor in particular had countless health and safety violations that went unchecked.

Even worse, I heard reports of women and girls being coerced into unwanted abortions.  One horrific example that I learned of years later involved a young immigrant named Mayela. This poor young girl underwent a late-term abortion in Arizona without her knowledge or consent, after Planned Parenthood staff charged her $200 and asked her to sign paperwork she didn’t understand – all without a translator.

This, coupled with my growing realization of how the abortion and trafficking industries thrive off one another, deeply shocked me. 

Yet, when I began to voice concerns over these problems, Planned Parenthood threatened, harassed, and ultimately fired me.

So, I made U.S. history as the first undocumented worker to file a wrongful termination lawsuit. A predominantly pro-choice jury unanimously awarded me $3 million in damages against Planned Parenthood. Sadly, the abortionist at the center of my lawsuit continues practicing at the expense of women and girls today.

You’d think that Kamala Harris, the first female Vice President and presidential hopeful, would be appalled to hear these damning revelations – especially since she has centered her campaign around women’s “rights” and “choice.”

But Planned Parenthood donates heavily to Harris’ political campaigns, which explains why she consistently chooses the abortion industry over the women she claims to champion. In fact, during her time as Attorney General of California, Harris collaborated with Planned Parenthood and the DOJ to silence, discredit, and destroy another Planned Parenthood whistleblower.

In light of this, it’s safe to say that Kamala Harris wouldn’t have even let me file my lawsuit if I’d tried to file in her state of California instead of Arizona. 

Harris’ close relationship with Planned Parenthood is a massive warning sign to all vulnerable and immigrant women – especially because immigrant and low-income women are disproportionately affected by human trafficking, crime and the exploitative abortion industry.

Harris’ refusal to acknowledge or address the border crisis has allowed historic numbers of immigrants to flood states like Arizona with deadly illegal drugs, crime, and human trafficking, the very conditions from which many migrants have fled. Moreover, her track record of disastrous policies put women at risk. In one egregious instance, an illegal immigrant released by one of Harris’ “crime prevention” programs in California attacked a young woman and fractured her skull.

Instead of addressing these pressing issues, Harris has made promoting abortion the center of her campaign. She has devoted precious resources to attacking pregnancy resource centers that provide free resources, education and support to vulnerable (and often immigrant) women in need – merely because these organizations do not offer abortion. She also has backed radical and deceptive pro-abortion state ballot initiatives like the one being pushed here in Arizona. Similar amendments in states like Michigan and Ohio have already been promising for the child trafficking industry, as they open the door for legislators to nullify parental consent requirements for minors to get abortions. I fear the same could happen here in Arizona if the Harris-backed Amendment passes.

Women deserve so much better than Harris’ hellscape of crime, trafficking, and coercive abortions at the hands of dangerous immigrants and an exploitative abortion industry.

As an immigrant woman who escaped Planned Parenthood’s clutches and became a legal citizen in this wonderful country, I hope my testimony serves as a warning to all women: We can’t afford to let Planned Parenthood’s bought and paid for henchwoman destroy the America we love.

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Mayra Rodriguez is the Hispanic Outreach Coordinator for CatholicVote in Arizona and Nevada and currently resides in the Phoenix area.

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