{"id":208373,"date":"2019-08-13T07:32:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T12:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=208373"},"modified":"2019-08-13T14:07:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T19:07:18","slug":"unplanned-movie-hearts-minds-abortion-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/unplanned-movie-hearts-minds-abortion-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Unplanned,’ the movie changing hearts and minds on abortion, out on DVD this week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The movie about former Planned Parenthood’s director Abby Johnson’s conversion to the pro-life position, “Unplanned<\/a>,” has faced controversy and an uphill battle\u00a0from the beginning<\/a>, even before it was released<\/a>. However, despite this, the movie grossed much more in box office receipts than expected<\/a> in the United States. In Canada — where it almost wasn’t allowed to premiere at all due to threats made<\/a> against movie theater operators and their families — the movie still reportedly had packed houses<\/a> before theaters decided<\/a> they were done with it, and chose to end the film’s run despite the box office sales. Australia<\/a> will be the next country to show the film, followed by several others. And this week, the film is being released on DVD and digital download.<\/p>\n

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The film has had a profound effect on many people. When a family member and I went to see it, I had no idea that I would react so viscerally to the film’s abortion scene<\/a>, watching a CGI depiction of a 13-week preborn baby struggling against the abortionist’s tools. I had to look away, even though I have seen footage of actual abortions before. My family member broke down in tears of grief and horror. The scene portraying Johnson’s own experience of a medication abortion, passing large clots in her bathroom, was stomach churning for us both.<\/p>\n

Abortion is jarring. It should<\/em> horrify us.<\/p>\n

And that’s why this film is so important for people to see. Abortion isn’t something most people think about on a regular basis. Yet, it is happening in our communities every single day, and in our country thousands<\/em> of times per day. Our Supreme Court says this killing is legal. Democratic politicians want federal taxpayers<\/a> to be forced<\/a> to fund it. Some state governments<\/a> fund it already. Planned Parenthood, Johnson’s former employer and the nation’s most profitable abortion business, commits more than 330,000<\/a> of these ‘legal medical procedures’ every year, and it receives about half a billion<\/em> dollars every year in taxpayer dollars. As Live Action News reported just a few months ago, over half<\/em> of Planned Parenthood’s non-government income comes directly from<\/a> its abortion “services.”<\/p>\n

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Within the first two weeks of the film’s U.S. release, nearly 100 abortion workers<\/a> reportedly reached out to Johnson’s ministry, And Then There Were None<\/a>, for help in leaving\u00a0their jobs in the industry. In addition, during the same time frame, calls to the Abortion Pill Rescue Network<\/a>, which links women to doctors who provide abortion pill reversal, increased by 30 percent<\/a>. Hundreds of women<\/a> seeking abortion pill reversal have gone on to have healthy babies.<\/p>\n