Unthinkable Truth: Why the Pro-Life Movement Is Too Afraid to End Abortion

January 27, 2026

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In this unfiltered and deeply confronting episode of The Real Deal Podcast, Abby Johnson and Regan Long pull back the curtain on the modern pro-life movement—and what happens when truth becomes too uncomfortable for the establishment.

Abby shares the shocking response from the March for Life after screening her upcoming documentary Unthinkable—a film featuring three dozen former abortion workers risking everything to expose what really happens inside the abortion industry. While praised as “truthful” and “compelling,” the film was rejected for being too graphic.

That rejection sparks a no-holds-barred conversation about compromise, money, politics, and why many major pro-life organizations may not actually want abortion to end.

This episode dives into:

Why graphic truth is being avoided—even in the pro-life movement
How whistleblowers are risking prison to tell the truth
The uncomfortable reality of “non-profits” that profit from the fight
Why Abby is actively trying to work herself out of a job
How politics, power, and optics are overshadowing urgency
Why “lowering numbers” isn’t the same as ending evil
The spiritual warfare behind exposing what’s hidden
And why a new movement—or total collapse—may be inevitable

This conversation isn’t polished. It isn’t safe. And it isn’t meant to be.
It’s a call to wake up, stop compromising, and ask the hard question:

If the goal is to end abortion, why are so many afraid of the truth?

If this episode challenged you, share it.
If it offended you, sit with it.
And if you’ve been waiting for someone to finally say the quiet part out loud—this one’s for you.

Keep raising your little saints.

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Meet Your Hosts

Abby Johnson worked for Planned Parenthood for eight years, working her way up through the ranks to become the clinic director in Bryan, Texas. She was Planned Parenthood's Employee of the Year in 2008 but she walked away from her job after witnessing the abortion of a 13-week-old fetus during an ultrasound-guided abortion. She left Planned Parenthood and instantly became a national news headline for her defection, which led to a pro-life speaking career.

In 2012, she founded And Then There Were None, the only ministry in the nation that helps abortion workers leave their jobs and find new ones out of the industry. To date, she has helped over 600 abortion workers quit. She also founded ProLove Ministries and LoveLine in the fall of 2019.

Her bestselling book, Unplanned, was made into a feature film that debuted in theaters nationwide in March 2019 under the same name and she is the host of the podcast Politely Rude.

She and her husband, Doug, have eight children.

Regan Long is a best-selling author, household blogger, public speaker, and founder of the #1 Christian conservative parenting platform, The Real Deal of Parenting. She has developed a huge following over the years with her writing, touching millions of readers around the world.

Regan has found such inspiration navigating through motherhood, capturing empowering moments that she has experienced that are shared and read by millions across the globe.

Regan’s content in 2022 alone has had over 11 million minutes viewed and has been featured on Inside Edition, Today Parents, Yahoo, CNN, NBC, CBS, USA Today, Fox News, GMA ABC, HuffPost, HLN, Parents and more.