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Bunk Documentaries (1 of 2): The Right to Confuse

Movies post by Kjerstin Johnson on December 7, 2009 - 6:46pm; tagged abortion, abortion and film, anti-abortion, dramumentaries, pro-choice, pro-life, South Dakota A Woman's Right to Choose.

What's wrong with this picture? (Hint: it's not the competing fonts).
A still shot from the trailer of the film. The background is black. In the middle there is a circle featuring an in utero fetus in a very late gestational period. The fetus's eye, nose, and hand are visible. The text above reads 'A Bruce Isacson film. South Dakota' the text below the fetus reads 'a woman's right to choose' in smaller letters.

A still shot from the trailer of the film. The background is black. In the middle there is a circle featuring an in utero fetus in a very late gestational period. The fetus's eye, nose, and hand are visible. The text above reads 'A Bruce Isacson film. South Dakota' the text below the fetus reads 'a woman's right to choose' in smaller letters.

This still, taken from the trailer of the film South Dakota: A Woman's Right to Choose might be the first time I've seen "a woman's right to choose" accompanying an in utero photo. Those are both articles of rhetoric from opposing sides of the abortion debate. Could this be a movie aiming to "edify, inform and not take sides?" Yes, according to director Bruce Isacson. But after reading Robin Acabin's assessment of the movie in the L.A. Times ("Creators of abortion film say they want honest debate"), I'm going to go ahead and say that it's not only unbalanced, but entirely pro-life.

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