- Welcome back to the CBS News Channel.

Pro-life activist, AbbyJohnson, is expanding her fight

for life to include women who've been hurt

by abortion with a new projectcalled Hurt After Abortion.

She joins us now to talk about it.

Welcome to the broadcast, Abby.

Tell us about the ideabehind Hurt After Abortion

and the need.

- Sure, so over the past 11 years

since I've left Planned Parenthood,

I've heard from so manywomen who come to me and say

I had this complication after my abortion,

I had a uterine perforation,

I had hemorrhaging, I cannot get pregnant,

I suffer infertility,just so many problems.

And the abortion industryhas, by and large,

not been held responsiblefor those complications.

They're not held responsiblefor their shoddy care of women

for their negligence.

And the only option that women really have

is to seek out their own attorney

and to file charges againstthe abortion industry

and that's cost-prohibitivefor most women.

And so what we have done iswe have created an avenue

for them to do just that.

So we are telling womenthat we have legal options

for them at no cost.

We have partnered with thenon-profit legal organization,

Thomas More Society.

And so we are taking their claims.

We are listening to them.

We are filing legal claims on their behalf

and we are going afterthe abortion industry

so that they can finallybe held accountable.

- How can this help beyond thehelp that they get medically?

- Well, the abortion industryneeds to be held accountable

and people need to understand that,

especially, I think justour society, in general,

needs to understand thatabortion is not safe

and that this is just one of the many lies

that has been touted to theAmerican public, to the world,

that abortion is just asafe, mundane, normal,

sterile, bloodless,pain-free surgical procedure.

And the bottom line is that it's not.

It's painful.

It has significant risks.

We're able now, because of this project,

to really be able to show the world

that abortion has these veryserious risks attached to it.

And so not only are womengoing to get the help

that they need, but we'realso busting through

this lie that has been sold to the public.

- What are the responsesthat you are getting, Abby,

from women about this new initiative?

- We're having women contact us.

The response has been overwhelming.

Women are contacting us,

some women that havebeen physically harmed,

some women that havebeen emotionally harmed,

and we need to get theminto support groups.

We have also partneredwith Support After Abortion

which is a great project,and they're plugging women

into the local post-abortion groups

so that they can get emotional health.

But we are hearing from women

who have had significantmedical complications

after having an abortion.

So we're sad for them, but also excited

that they can finally receive the help

and the care that they need

- Real quick, Abby, howcan folks get involved?

- They can find out morefrom our Facebook page,

our Instagram but also they can go

to hurtafterabortion.org.

- Okay. Terrific.

We'll have to leave it there.

Abby, thank you so muchfor all that you do.

Have a great weekend, okay?

- Thank you.- You're welcome.