{"id":202637,"date":"2019-05-22T04:49:30","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T09:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=202637"},"modified":"2019-05-22T00:02:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T05:02:40","slug":"pro-life-unplanned-blocked-distribution-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-unplanned-blocked-distribution-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-life ‘Unplanned’ movie blocked from distribution in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to the producers of the pro-life movie “Unplanned,” Canadian movie theaters have banned the film from its theaters. During a news conference in Ottawa on May 8, producer Lisa Wheeler said<\/a> this means that they “have been effectively blocked” from distributing the film in Canada.<\/p>\n

Based on the pro-life conversion of former Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson, the film has done well in the United States, surpassing expectations to earn about $18 million and change hearts and minds about abortion.<\/p>\n

“This is a powerful and eye-opening film that has been piercing through the abortion narrative in the United States,” said the National Campus Life Network on a CitizenGo petition<\/a> for the movie. “‘Unplanned’ has actively moved individuals to the pro-life perspective.\u00a0Most notably, in the first two weeks of the movie release,\u00a094\u00a0Planned Parenthood workers\u00a0have contacted Abby Johnson’s organization,\u00a0And Then There Were None<\/em>. Also, ‘Unplanned’ brought in over $6 million US in its opening weekend, far exceeding Hollywood expectations.”<\/p>\n