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As the Lindsay Clancy murder trial spotlights the psychiatric care she received before the killings of her three children, the case has raised broader questions about the growing reliance on telehealth for mental health conditions.Nearly half (48.3%) of American adults with serious mental illness now receive some type of mental health treatment via telehealth, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).Clancy reportedly had 14 virtual visits with her primary psychiatrist, Dr. Jennifer Tufts, over a five-month period, from September 2022 through Jan. 23, 2023, according to testimony reported by the Associated Press. The final appointment was on Jan. 23, the day before the killings. The two never met in person.POSTPARTUM MOM LINDSAY CLANCY ON TRIAL FOR MURDER BRINGS COURT TO A HALT WITH SUDDEN BREAKDOWNDuring cross-examination, Clancy’s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, questioned Tufts about her reliance on virtual appointments, per AP.”Did you ever suggest to her that ‘maybe you should come in and see me, rather than on the computer?'” Reddington asked.”Talking to her over the video didn’t seem like an issue,” Tufts responded. “It didn’t seem like there was something I was missing.”CUT OFF BY YOUR ADULT CHILD? PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCHER REVEALS WHAT PARENTS SHOULD DO NEXTJonathan Alpert, Ph.D., a New York psychotherapist — who was not involved in Clancy’s care and was speaking generally about telehealth rather than the specifics of her treatment — said virtual care can work very well, but that “there comes a point where a screen may not be enough.””If someone is becoming suicidal, psychotic, manic, unstable or unable to function, the clinician has to consider whether that person needs to be seen in person or needs a higher level of care,” Alpert, author of “Therapy Nation: How America Got Hooked on Therapy and Why It’s Left Us More Anxious and Divided,” told Fox News Digital.”The priority has to be getting an accurate picture of what’s going on and keeping the patient safe.”Telehealth plays an important function in mental healthcare and offers many benefits, Alpert noted.”As a provider, I can see far more people in a day doing virtual therapy than I could if I were doing in-office treatment,” he told Fox News Digital.IS DRINKING EVERY DAY ALCOHOLISM? EXPERTS EXPLAIN WHERE CULTURE AND ADDICTION COLLIDEFor the patient, it eliminates the commute to the therapist’s office, which could be a limitation for those with busy schedules.”So it does allow more and better access to care in many cases, but it does have its limitations if someone has a severe psychiatric disorder,” Alpert said.There are certain things about a patient’s appearance — such as hygiene, movements, agitation, intoxication or general behavior — that aren’t as obvious on Zoom, he noted.”Someone can pull themselves together for an appointment and look relatively fine for 30 minutes even though they’re falling apart outside of it,” he said.If the patient keeps getting worse despite frequent appointments, that’s a big warning sign, according to Alpert.”More appointments aren’t necessarily more treatment,” he told Fox News Digital. “If someone is becoming more suicidal, paranoid, manic, disorganized, aggressive or simply unable to function, you can’t just keep scheduling another video call and assume that’s enough.””At some point, the treatment plan has to change, whether that means seeing the person in person, getting an emergency evaluation or moving them to a higher level of care.”In cases where there is any concern about suicide or violence, Alpert said it’s important for the therapist to be direct and to ask the following questions.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER”If someone says they just want to die, that’s one thing and it’s very concerning, but if they have a plan, say a weapon or pills, that brings it to the next level and would certainly warrant intervention, whether it’s through the police or emergency services,” he said.If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIESIt’s also important for the therapist to know where the patient is located during the appointment so that if there is an emergency, they can take action, Alpert advised.”And sometimes you need information from family or other people in the patient’s life, because the patient may not be giving you the whole picture.”The expert also emphasized the distinction between postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis.”With postpartum psychosis … there may be delusions, disorganized thinking, hallucinations — and if that’s what’s going on, that definitely warrants inpatient treatment.”Overall, Alpert said, telehealth itself is not the problem.”It’s helped a lot of people get care who otherwise might not,” he said. “The bigger issue is whether the clinician is doing a thorough assessment and whether the level of care still fits the patient’s condition.”TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZA good clinician can identify serious risk over video, he noted — but at the same time, someone can miss serious risk sitting across from a patient in an office.”The sicker and more unstable someone becomes, the less comfortable I’d be relying exclusively on a screen,” he added.

Only 3% Of Americans Trust AI “A Great Deal” With Their Money – But One In Five Are Using It Anyway

A new Gallup survey finds a wide gap between the financial advice Americans say they trust and the advice they actually take.

Just 3% of Americans say they have “a great deal” of confidence in artificial intelligence to help manage their money – while about 30% express “a great deal” or “some” confidence. Moreover, roughly one in five people who sought financial advice in the past year used AI to get it.

The poll, conducted March 20 – April 6, sampled 5,075 U.S. adults aged 21 and older using Gallup’s probability-based panel. The survey was run in partnership with Edward Jones – a brokerage that employs roughly 19,000 financial advisors, and whose interests are not entirely disinterested in the result.

Meanwhile, about 80% of adults have at least some confidence in traditional financial advisers. Only about one-third of those who sought advice actually consulted one. Far more – 73% – relied on their own online research.

Most adults sought guidance from at least one source over the past year. Beyond internet searches, advisers and AI, 35% turned to a parent, sibling or other relative; 26% consulted news or social media; about one in five went to friends, authors, speakers or influencers; and smaller shares used employers, retirement-plan providers, robo-advisers or teachers.

The generational split

Roughly a quarter of Gen Z and millennial respondents who sought advice used AI, against 16% of Gen Xers and 7% of baby boomers.

The professional-adviser numbers run precisely the other way: 14% of Gen Z, 21% of millennials, 34% of Gen X, and 55% of baby boomers.

Cost is the obvious explanation. Online research, family input and AI tools are free or close to it. Hiring an adviser is not.

What the experts say

Taha Choukhmane, an associate professor at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, told the Associated Press he recommends treating AI as a starting point rather than a final authority. “I would encourage people to use AI to explain and define,” he said – for example, to clarify what the stock market is, or the difference between a mutual fund and an index fund. He also suggests asking AI to supply references so users can verify what they are told.

Certified financial planner Bobbi Rebell of Financial Wellness Strategies pointed to a legal distinction that has no technical equivalent. Professional advisers often carry fiduciary responsibility – a legal obligation to act in the client’s best interest.

“There’s no AI that is a fiduciary,” she told AP. “It doesn’t really know your life; it’s not asking you all the questions.”

Whatever the source, the decisions remain the individual’s responsibility – and so do the losses.

Tyler Durden
Fri, 08/14/2026 – 06:55

The first thing Fernando Mendoza did after he played exceptionally in his NFL preseason debut Thursday night was to thank God.Any long-suffering Las Vegas Raiders fan who saw the rookie first-round pick’s outing, preseason or not, would have similarly thanked God.Because the Raiders have something here.”First, I want to thank God and my teammates and coaches for allowing me the opportunity,” Mendoza told reporters. “Today was an invigorating experience where there’s not many moments where you feel fully alive, and on the field is when you feel fully alive, especially in the NFL atmosphere.EX-NFL STAR CALLS FERNANDO MENDOZA ‘THE MOST COMPLETE PLAYER’ OF THE 2026 DRAFT”So I want to give thanks for that. It was great to get out there, get my feet wet .. I think it was a good experience.”Anyone who watched would know Mendoza played well and if you didn’t watch, be confident that his 100.3 quarterback rating and TD pass without a turnover in his nearly three quarters of work was impressive.”As far as getting in and out of the huddle and commanding the group and getting the play-calls down, I saw the same guy we’ve seen in practice,” coach Klint Kubiak said. “I saw an ascending player.”And this is where the temptation is going to be to overreact and start the discussion about Mendoza supplanting veteran Kirk Cousins as the Las Vegas starting quarterback.That throw Mendoza made in the first half between two defenders downfield between the hashmarks and numbers was elite. It’s the kind of throw that demands opportunities in the regular season.But the Raiders will resist the temptation to have Mendoza run before he walks. The Raiders expect to go with Cousins as their starter unless something drastic happens.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!”Kirk has been getting the reps with the ones,” Kubiak said. “I think he’s had a solid training camp and it’s his job to lose.”This is good. And ordered.It almost doesn’t feel like the Raiders.The franchise that once boasted a “Commitment to Excellence” has committed shameful acts in recent seasons.Remember that Jon Gruden had to quit midseason over an email scandal. Remember that Henry Ruggs III was involved in a fiery drunk driving crash that killed a woman and her dog. Remember that coach Josh McDaniels got fired before he finished two seasons, coach Antonio Pierce got fired after one season, and coach Pete Carroll similarly went one-and-done.How do you think the Raiders got in position to pick Mendoza? They’ve been a mess.But rookie coach Kubiak doesn’t seem too flummoxed by anything, while Mendoza seems perfect for Vegas — and by that we mean he’s a self-described nerd.Mendoza doesn’t hit the Strip because he’d rather hit the playbook. Even Thursday night he talked about going home after the game because he had nothing else to do and watch the tape even as the casinos and lounge acts were just warming up.Club minority owner Tom Brady was on the field before this game and someone suggested afterward that Mendoza had a better career debut than Brady did. That’s fact, by the way.Back in 2000, Brady was where Mendoza finds himself now. And in his first NFL action that came midway through the fourth quarter against San Francisco 49ers backups, Brady completed 3 of 4 passes for 28 yards in 17 otherwise forgettable snaps.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMMendoza completed three times as many passes for more than three times as many yards with a touchdown pass.But out of that comes zero arrogance.Mendoza mentioned that “Mr. Brady” spoke to the team the night before the game. And he said that, as a former UC Berkeley backup quarterback, that long-ago third-stringer would have never imagined playing for an NFL legacy franchise.Mendoza, it seems, is a player paid to throw the football who remains very grounded.”Overall, I felt that the group that I was in with, you know, they blocked fantastic, they ran great routes, the run game was good,” Mendoza said. “Unfortunately, I let my teammates down today.”But it’s a growing experience. I feel like we’re all growing. And it showed me that I need to grow a lot.”FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO

The leader of Reform U.K. apparently won the backing of voters in his district in a dispute over whether a $6.8M gift was in fact a political donation.

Iran’s possible election to a major United Nations (U.N.) committee with influence on the shaping of policy concerning human rights, women’s rights, and counterterrorism is “Orwellian,” the head of a U.N. watchdog group says.In November, the U.N. General Assembly is slated to vote on whether to admit Iran to the Committee for Programme and Coordination, a 34-member body whose member states serve three-year terms. The upcoming vote is widely expected to pass as a formality.The committee doesn’t draft human rights treaties or issue condemnations of human rights abuses, but plays an influential administrative role in how human rights initiatives are executed across the U.N. system.The U.N. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) nominated Iran in April despite Tehran’s documented history of systematic human rights abuses, strict crackdowns on women’s rights, mass surveillance, and lethal force against political dissenters.IRAN TO EXECUTE FIRST FEMALE PROTESTER TIED TO ANTI-REGIME UNRESTGlobal bodies also consider Tehran a leading state sponsor of terrorism that funds proxy militant groups, including Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. In addition, Tehran has attacked neighboring Gulf states in recent months amid a war with the United States.”It’s the last government in the world that should have any influence,” Hillel Neuer, executive director of Geneva-based UN Watch, told Fox News Digital.”Sadly, at the United Nations today — an organization founded after World War II out of great idealism to bring international peace — it is a case of the lunatics running the asylum,” Neuer added. “You have the Islamic Republic of Iran, a regime that beats, blinds, tortures, rapes, and imprisons women for standing up for their rights or showing a few strands of hair.”ISRAEL ACCUSES UN OF PLACING IT ON SAME SEXUAL VIOLENCE BLACKLIST AS HAMAS TERRORISTS, SEVERS TIESFox News Digital reached out to the Iranian Permanent Mission to the U.N. for comment.Iran’s appointment would not be unprecedented. The U.N. Human Rights Council’s 47 member states currently include nations with severely criticized human rights records, including China, Cuba, Pakistan, and Eritrea.IRAN HANGS 2 PROTESTERS IN PUBLIC, CROWD CRIES ‘DISHONORABLE’ AS SECURITY FIRES TEAR GAS”The United Nations speaks out in the name of values and principles such as human rights, democracy, freedom, equality, and women’s rights,” Neuer said. “The reality is that, sadly, at least half the UN is made up of dictatorships.”Tehran continues to brutally suppress basic freedoms. In July, two men were publicly hanged for participating in nationwide anti-government demonstrations, while hundreds more remain jailed or killed for demanding regime change.In addition, the U.N. has been accused of bias for heavily criticizing Israel’s military actions in Gaza, while often failing to pass formal resolutions or issue direct condemnations against Hamas.According to Neuer, the most disappointing aspect of Iran’s potential committee appointment is the willingness of Western democracies to acquiesce.”The short answer is interests, cynicism, politics, dealmaking, and a culture of ‘go along to get along,'” Neuer said. “If you are the French, Canadian, or German ambassador, you don’t want to pick a fight with dozens of countries or trigger friction with Iran. They would rather simply avoid it.”

Photos detail the legal case against Luigi Mangione, from his suspected killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City to his moves in court.

English Village Will Have Six Migrant Men To Every Woman

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,

A quiet North Yorkshire village of roughly 600 people is set to be flooded with around 1,200 single adult male asylum seekers at the nearby disused RAF Linton-on-Ouse base. Local women would be outnumbered six to one.

Labour MP Rachael Maskell has raised the alarm over the plan, which forms part of the government’s wider push to move roughly 3,750 people into three former military sites near villages as it tries to empty asylum hotels.

The base sits beside a primary school and nursery, has only four buses a day into York, and already faces severe shortages of water, sewage capacity and electricity. Maskell has written to border security and asylum minister Anna Turley and is due to meet Home Office officials this month.

Women ‘to be outnumbered six to one’ after Labour floods illegal migrants onto tiny village’s doorstephttps://t.co/s5yXOP9cY8
— GB News (@GBNEWS) August 13, 2026
“It’s just the wrong site,” Maskell said. “The last government realised that, once they got into the detail. All we’re saying to this Government is that it’s really important that they recognise that too, because the site is in a worse state now than it was when the Government last looked at this.”

Similar plans for Linton-on-Ouse were abandoned in 2022 after fierce local opposition. Now they are back under active consideration. Local Tory councillor Malcolm Taylor captured the mood of residents who moved there for a quiet life: “They’ve moved there for the peace, tranquillity and quality of life. This hand grenade has been thrown in.”

Professor Olga Matthias of the Linton Action Group called the village “categorically the wrong place for so many reasons.”

‘That doesn’t add up at all with what the left have been telling us.’
‘It’s the hypocrisy.’
Mark Littlewood and Nina Myskow discuss a Labour MP who has warned that a plan to move more than 1,000 asylum seekers next to a small Yorkshire village. pic.twitter.com/onBRdNHwyF
— GB News (@GBNEWS) August 12, 2026
This is not an isolated case. It follows the same pattern seen in the tiny Oxfordshire village of Piddington, population around 350-400, which faces plans for 1,250 single adult male asylum seekers at a former Ministry of Defence depot right next to a children’s playing field.

Residents held a symbolic independence referendum in which 96 percent voted to leave the United Kingdom in protest. Children wrote letters pleading with the Prime Minister not to destroy the only home they have ever known. Parish council chairman Tim McNally has repeatedly warned that the scale is neither fair, safe nor responsible.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has responded by doubling down. He insists that “all parts of the country need to play their part” and that middle-class and leafy areas can no longer be shielded while poorer communities carry the load.

Borders minister Anna Turley has defended the approach as creating a “more fair and equitable system,” even while acknowledging that concentrating arrivals in deprived areas previously fuelled “civil unrest.”

The same government that lectures about fairness is also quietly imposing itself on other quiet rural communities. In the tiny Welsh seaside village of Gronant, population around 1,600, residents discovered that their former village hall – converted into 15 new-build homes they expected to go to local families or the open market – had been handed over to asylum seekers.

Thirteen of the fifteen units were taken by Home Office contractor Clearsprings. Blacked-out minibuses arrived without warning. Locals described it as pure betrayal. One resident, Kerrie Cox, said nobody was told about the arrivals. Another called it an “absolute betrayal.”

These placements keep following the same template. Single adult men, overwhelmingly of fighting age, are being directed into the most culturally alien, high-trust, low-density English and Welsh villages imaginable – places defined by quiet streets, children’s parks, limited public transport, and a long-standing sense of safety.

The contrast could scarcely be sharper. It repeatedly seems like an intentional choice designed to generate the maximum possible friction and cultural upheaval. They could not possibly find locations more foreign to the backgrounds of many of these arrivals.

Andy Burnham will ‘push ahead with plans to move asylum seekers to middle-class areas despite higher cost to taxpayers’ https://t.co/jZhK27PwgJ
— Daily Mail (@DailyMail) August 13, 2026
The government claims the military sites will keep people “contained.” In practice, residents are free to come and go. Infrastructure is inadequate. Policing is already stretched thin in these rural areas. Women and girls who once walked freely after dark now face the prospect of living in communities where adult men from very different cultural norms suddenly outnumber them by orders of magnitude.

This is the logical endpoint of a policy that refuses to stop the boats while insisting every corner of the country must absorb the consequences. Closing hotels and shifting people into former barracks or new-build village homes does not reduce the pull factor. It upgrades the destination.

The result is the steady erosion of the very places that once defined the character of rural Britain – one quiet village at a time.

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Tyler Durden
Fri, 08/14/2026 – 06:30

Mark Lynch has endorsed Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., the runner-up in South Carolina’s special Republican U.S. Senate primary, who will face first-place finisher Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., in a head-to-head runoff.Graham finished first in the Aug. 11 primary, with Norman advancing in second place. The runoff is scheduled for Aug. 25.Lynch — who finished second in the South Carolina Republican U.S. Senate primary that Sen. Lindsey Graham won in June — placed fifth in the special Republican U.S. Senate primary contest.”I’m honored to receive Mark Lynch’s support and endorsement in my race for U.S. Senate!” Norman declared in a Wednesday post on X.SOUTH CAROLINA GOP SENATE SHOWDOWN HEADS TO RUNOFF IN RACE TO SUCCEED LINDSEY GRAHAMThe post also included a statement, apparently from Lynch, stating, “I am proud to endorse Ralph Norman for the United States Senate. Our country needs someone who will put America First, and the people of South Carolina have shown they are ready for a businessman and someone with a proven conservative record who will be their voice in Washington, D.C.”Last month, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster appointed Darline Graham, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, to serve the remainder of her brother’s Senate term — and President Donald Trump is backing her for election.DARLINE GRAHAM DETAILS HOW SHE’D FORGE OWN PATH IN SENATE WHILE CARRYING ON BROTHER LINDSEY’S LEGACYNational Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Chairman Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., backed Graham after she placed first in the special GOP U.S. Senate primary this week.”If I were going to endorse in the South Carolina GOP Senate primary, I wanted to do so with confidence. After watching Darline Graham in the Senate and on the campaign trail, I’m confident she’s the real deal. Her first-place finish last night was remarkable, but not surprising. She is a conservative stalwart, a hard worker, and represents our beloved state with class, humility, and dignity,” Scott wrote in a Wednesday post on X.REP RALPH NORMAN ENTERS SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE RACE DESPITE TRUMP’S ENDORSEMENT OF DARLINE GRAHAM”I know she is making her brother proud, but Darline has already proven to be her own person: focused on pocketbook issues, defending our South Carolina values, and delivering for the people she represents. Her priorities are our priorities. I voted for Darline in yesterday’s primary, and I’ll vote for her again in the runoff. I’m proud to endorse Darline Graham for the U.S. Senate, and I encourage South Carolina Republicans across our state to join me in voting for her in the runoff,” Scott added.

LaBron Kozone wasn’t about to stand for Joe Coffey and the Glasgow Boys on Top taking out Teddy Long during a recent Major League Wrestling (MLW) event.Coffey admitted at MLW Blood & Thunder that he was the one who took out Long. Kozone, who sees Long as one of his mentors, came out with a chair to confront Coffey and needed to be held back. The heated rivalry between the two pro wrestlers is set to explode in the ring on Saturday during MLW “Fusion.”COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON FOX NEWS DIGITALKozone told Fox News Digital he owed Coffey some payback.”Just to do just that, just to make old boy suffer,” he said in a recent interview. “You know, initially, I had a lot of respect for him. His talent, his work ethic, what he’s done, the people he’s affected, but that’s crossing the line. So, yeah, he’s going to he’s going to get it.”When Long made an appearance at MLW, he dubbed Kozone “the next big thing for MLW.””Teddy was an inspiration to me, what he represents in the industry, everything that he’s done,” Kozone said. “And then to have him acknowledge me in that way and to endorse me in that way, that means the world to me.”CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMKozone was one of MLW’s top free-agent signings and started his time there defeating Okumura before going on to beat Alan Angels.Now, he’s trying to dispatch Coffey and move on to getting some gold around his waist.”Championships, world titles,” he told Fox News Digital when asked what’s next for him after the Coffey feud. “That’s what I’m here for. I’m here to be the top guy in MLW. I 100% feel like I can be that guy. I feel like I can carry the company to higher heights.”I feel like I do represent a new breed in MLW, which has been the selling point here recently that’s been getting a lot of talks about MLW in a positive way. So, championships. It’s where championships is where the money is and I’m here to put on and provide.”MLW “Fusion” airs Saturdays on YouTube, Veeps and beIN Sports.

A board-certified OBGYN is pushing back against Massachusetts’ new abortion law, arguing that third-trimester abortions are medically unnecessary and can put mothers at risk.On Monday, Massachusetts became the 10th state to allow abortions throughout pregnancy, drawing criticism from pro-life advocates and some medical professionals.”If a woman’s life is in danger, if she’s facing a pregnancy complication beyond 24 weeks, we simply deliver her. And in fact, delivery is much more expedient than a later-in-pregnancy abortion procedure,” Dr. Christina Francis, OBGYN and CEO of the American Association of Pro-Life OBGYNs, told Fox News Digital.DEM GOV MAURA HEALEY SIGNS SWEEPING MASSACHUSETTS BILL ALLOWING ABORTIONS UP TO BIRTHFrancis explained she can perform an emergency C-section in under five minutes, while an abortion later in pregnancy can take multiple days, which she said raises risks for both mother and baby.The law, signed by Democratic Gov. Maura Healey, gives physicians broader discretion in authorizing abortions later in pregnancy while shielding them from legal penalties. Healey said the changes are meant to prevent women from having to travel out of state for abortions later in pregnancy, which she said can complicate their care.Francis criticized the law, citing concerns about the well-being of both mother and child. “There’s nothing in this law that says that at 39 weeks and five days, a woman could not have an abortion. These procedures are risky for the mom. They lead to significant risk of complications,” she said, adding that she believes scientific evidence shows fetuses can feel pain much earlier in pregnancy.”The science is very clear, as early as 12 weeks of pregnancy, we know that babies feel pain, and we’re talking about here dismemberment abortion procedures, where these babies are torn limb from limb, sometimes while they’re alive, sometimes after they have had a heart attack induced by an injection directly into their heart,” Francis said. The question of when fetal pain becomes possible remains disputed among medical groups.LATE-TERM ABORTION TAKES FRONT SEAT AS BLUE STATE RUSHES TO EXPAND ACCESS BEFORE SESSION ENDSPro-life advocates also dispute the argument that abortions later in pregnancy are performed only in rare medical emergencies. Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood clinic director turned pro-life advocate, told Fox News Digital that she’s seen firsthand that isn’t true.”We hear a lot of pro-choice advocates say, ‘You know, well, that just doesn’t happen. It only happens in these very difficult certain circumstances.’ But I can tell you firsthand, as a former abortion clinic director, it’s just not true,” said Johnson, who now serves as CEO of And Then There Were None.PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACROSS MIDWEST AT RISK DUE TO LACK OF FEDERAL FUNDS AFTER 3 FACILITIES CLOSE IN MICHIGANJohnson believes laws like Massachusetts’ are a reaction to conservative states that have imposed earlier limits on abortion, such as Texas, Florida and South Carolina.”It feels almost like rebellion. There’s a lot of states that have moved in a more conservative direction, passing heartbeat bills, passing really restrictive legislation. And so we see, then the pendulum swings toward the other side,” Johnson said.She added that while many pro-choice people support abortion rights, she believes most would reject third-trimester abortions.SANDERS-BACKED GUBERNATORIAL HOPEFUL’S PAST PRO-LIFE VIEWS CLASH WITH CURRENT ABORTION STANCE”A lot of pro-choice people will say, ‘OK, we understand abortion in the first trimester,’ but this is out of step with the majority of pro-choice people. Most pro-choice people do not understand abortion at 36 weeks, an elective abortion at 36 weeks. But that is what this legislation allows,” Johnson said.Healey touted the bill as a way to aid women and families who are confronted with wrenching decisions about keeping pregnancies late in the process.”I’ve heard heartbreaking stories from women and families who were preparing to welcome a healthy baby into their family, only to receive devastating news later in their pregnancy. Instead of being able to rely on the doctors they knew and trusted at home, they were forced to travel hundreds of miles and pay out of their pockets while navigating unimaginable grief,” Healey said. “That should never happen in Massachusetts,” she continued. “This law continues our efforts to have the strongest abortion protections in the country because in Massachusetts, we believe healthcare decisions should be made between women and their doctors.”Fox News Digital reached out to Healey’s office for comment but did not immediately receive a response.