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Unplanned, the movie based on ex-Planned Parenthood Employee of the Year Abby Johnson’s experience, premiered a week ago on Friday, March 29, 2019 and came in fourth out of new releases. It even showed in fewer theatres than those films:
And it has an R rating because of the abortion scene — not sex:
Even more amazing about Unplanned‘s success is that major television networks refused to allow adverts for it:
NewsBusters reported that family networks also refused to air the advertising. Oh, the irony! Emphases mine below:
Several mainstream channels like HGTV, Lifetime, and Hallmark have straight up rejected advertising for Pureflixâs new movie, so if youâve been wondering why youâve only seen ads for the film on Fox News Channel, the promotional fix is in. Oddly enough, this is coming from channels that we regularly consider as providing wholesome, family friendly material.
THR reported that, besides FNC, âevery other mainstream television outlet has declined to air the ad.â Among these, the Travel Channel, Cooking Channel, HGTV and Food Network, â all owned by Discovery â ârefused to sell ad time for Unplanned due to the âsensitive natureâ of the movie,â Unplannedâs promoters claimed. Unplanned producer John Sullivan claimed, âWe were looking to spend money, but they didn’t want to get involved.â
The Hallmark Channel and USA Network (NBC Universal) also firmly rejected the filmâs ads, objecting to the controversial nature of the movie. Another producer, Joe Knapp, surmised, âMost of the networks didn’t go into detail beyond citing the subject matter of the film and that they didn’t want to get into politics.â
Yeah, maybe. Though itâs not like some of these networks have ever shied away from promoting a certain left wing bias. Lifetime for example, (owned by A&E, a Walt Disney/Hearst Communications Venture) âpreviously promoted an interview with Scarlett Johansson where she pitches Planned Parenthood.â Sounds about right.
Twitter proved problematic, too:
Twitter reinstated the account. Even the US ambassador to Germany noticed:
https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1112566880072593408
I hope this happens:
And this:
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1112418401958404097
Abby Johnson, who became a pro-life activist once she saw the horrors of abortion for herself at Planned Parenthood, appeared on Fox and Friends last Saturday:
I worked at Planned Parenthood for eight years, rising through the ranks from volunteer escort, to clinic counselor to clinic director. I was awarded the Employee of the Year prize in 2008 and was one of the youngest clinic directors in the country, setting an example of how to run a clinic to churn out as many abortions â the biggest money maker â as I could. Then it all changed when I was asked to assist in an ultrasound-guided abortion …
The fetus was 13-weeks-old and I could easily see itâs head, arms, and legs. The abortion instrument â a suction tube â was on the screen as well. The baby jumped away from it but it was all for naught. The abortionist turned on the suction and I saw that baby get sucked apart right in front of me on the screen and inches from the probe I was holding.
In mere seconds, that fetusâ life ended and the screen only showed a black, empty uterus. The life that was there just a couple minutes ago was gone. In that moment, I saw for myself what I was supporting for the last eight years and it broke me.
How do you deal with something so profound that completely turns your worldview upside down? Everything I knew to be true was flipped. The lies exposed. I cannot have just seen that. Iâve been told this isnât a baby, that itâs just tissue. How could not have known?
My life was forever changed. I walked out of Planned Parenthood a week later, after failing to justify what I had seen. I couldnât stop thinking about that baby I saw on the screen and what had happened …
Two directors – both men – in Hollywood approached me five years ago about turning my book, âUnplanned,â into a film. It tells the story of what I saw that day on the ultrasound screen, how I started working at Planned Parenthood, and what happened when I walked away. This is my story, my voice and I was surprised that someone in Hollywood wanted to tell it. Itâs not a mainstream story but itâs my story. And itâs the story of many, many abortion workers, those who have already left the industry and those who are still in it.
You wonât be able to unsee what I saw if you go see the movie, which I implore you to do. But you also wonât be able to say you didnât know what abortion is or what happens when a woman walks into Planned Parenthood. If you are pro-life or pro-choice, you will know exactly what you are supporting.
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the life story of Ashley Bratcher who plays Abby Johnson in Unplanned. Ashley was almost aborted herself — at her grandmother’s insistence.
For those in the US who would like to see Unplanned, I would suggest doing so sooner rather than later. There is likely to be a shutdown of it, just as there was with another top box office abortion film, Gosnell, in October 2018.
Do not wait. Please take sons and/or nephews with you, too — not just daughters, their friends and nieces. More to follow on men’s reactions to Unplanned in a future post.
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