Unplanned is anti-abortion propaganda. Its success at the box office should scare us all

[Soph0571]

Unplanned depict Johnson’s account of her experience as a formerly enthusiastic Planned Parenthood employee, and how – as she describes it – she gradually became jaded, then horrified by her first sight of an abortion. The movie ends with her quitting her job at the clinic to join The Coalition for Life, an anti-abortion group down the street. In real life, Johnson has spent her time since quitting Planned Parenthood in 2009 becoming a prominent advocate for anti-abortion, publishing the memoir on which the film is based in 2011.

Unplanned was the fourth-highest grossing movie in the US on its opening weekend (March 29-31), and has already received endorsements from Mike Pence, Donald Trump Jr. and Ted Cruz. The film’s trailer promises viewers they will “discover the truth,” but the reality is one of manipulation, misrepresentation, and the invigoration of a nationwide trend which threatens the safety of women and their rights over their bodies.

The reach of such films must not be underestimated. Another anti-abortion movie, Gosnell, was screened by the White House last week. President Trump was apparently not present, but he has already proven himself an enthusiastic proponent of blatant abortion lies for the sake of political capital - claiming in a statement in February that New York lawmakers would happily “allow a baby to be ripped from the mother’s womb moments before birth.”

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/film/2019/04/unplanned-anti-abortion-propaganda-its-success-box-office-should-scare-us-all

Civil rights die in the dark

[dewsgirl]

1. I had no idea this was in actual theatres. JFC.

[doompatrol39]

2. "success" might be overstating it

I'm sure a lot of these ticket sales were churches and anti choice groups buying out the theaters and giving tickets away to members. Same scam as with the bulk book buying that used to go on with Coulter, Limbaugh, etc.

The number of ticket sales is probably equivalent to and not much more than the number of anti-choice people already out there. Nobody on the fence is seeing these movies.