I just watched the movie “Unplanned”. This is not an uplifting “feel good” movie……no matter which side of the debate you fall on. I think that we can all agree that it is a “hit piece” aimed at Planned Parenthood. There is some bias in it……the Christians are kind and gentle and the management at Planned Parenthood range from callous to evil. To me, those are not the key issues.
For me, the key issue is………is it true?
The story revolves around a PP manager who leaves the company and becomes pro-life. I think that it is an accurate portrayal of her struggle. But, that is not the heart of the film. It includes graphic scenes of a complication that occurred during an abortion. But, that is not the heart of the film……complications occur in any medical facility. There are people portrayed as kind and people portrayed as evil……just like everywhere. That also is not the heart of the film.
The heart of the film is a 30 second video clip that shows an ultrasound of an early first trimester fetus being sucked into a cannula. You can see the baby flinch just before the end. I was a physician by trade for almost 40 years. There have been 60 million abortions in the U.S. And yet, I had never seen a video like this.
This portrayal of the fact of what an abortion is…….is the heart of this film. It is shocking. It is disturbing. It is profoundly sad.
And it is true.
Pro choice advocates do not want this truth to circulate. That is why it took 60 million abortions and 40 years before a video clip like this one was made public. Pro choice advocates would prefer to conduct this conversation on the grounds of civil rights.
But hiding this truth is dishonest.
If you are pro-life, you need to see this heartbreaking movie.
If you really don’t care one way or the other you need to see this movie to educate yourself.
If you are pro-choice, you probably won’t watch it. But, ask yourself why? If the truth disturbs your beliefs…….if the truth disturbs your desires…….which do you discard? In a word, if you choose not to watch this movie…….you are discarding the truth in order to defend your desires. This calls for courage, self examination, and honesty.
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you”
Jeremiah, NIV
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful.”
David, NIV
My prayer is that the women who are considering abortion will choose to let their babies live…….that abortion clinics will become irrelevant money losing anachronisms.
If you would like to view the video clip, here is a link to the you tube page.
Please understand…….this is graphic, disturbing, and sad.