“There’s an on-ramp for whatever you believe or what you think you believe.” Unplanned is critical of abortion - and of some anti-abortion advocates “What we liked about Abby’s story is it kind of covers both extremes and the middle of the abortion issue,” Joe Knopp, a producer for Unplanned, told Vox. They’re using narrative in an effort to change people’s minds on abortion, and to inspire activism among people who already oppose the procedure. The film beat box office expectations after its theatrical release on March 29, making back its $6 million budget in its first weekend.Īnd it may be part of a larger trend: As legislators push ever more restrictive abortion bills at the state level, the creators of anti-abortion movies like Unplanned are pursuing a different approach. Unplanned is a scripted film that tells the real-life story of Johnson, the former director of a Planned Parenthood clinic who became an anti-abortion activist. But it also includes a number of touches that seem designed to paint the anti-abortion movement as pro-woman, even feminist. The movie earned an R rating for graphic images of aborted fetuses and abortions gone awry, and has been criticized by experts who say its depictions of the procedure are inaccurate. It’s a surprising scene to see in a fervently anti-abortion movie, but it feels like a summary of the film’s whole approach: Unplanned distances itself from aggressive anti-abortion protests and advocates a course that’s more friendly and welcoming, at least on the surface. “In what world would a woman run to someone dressed like the Grim Reaper for help with her crisis pregnancy?” Johnson asks one of the kinder anti-abortion protesters.
She’s just started volunteering at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan, Texas, and she’s angry at the activists shouting at patients and frightening them with graphic signs and scary costumes. Early in the film Unplanned, Abby Johnson gives an abortion clinic protester a piece of her mind.
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