Anti-abortion film Unplanned premieres in Canada this weekend. We fact-check some of its most controversial claims
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VANCOUVER—Canadian doctors and abortion care providers say a new anti-abortion film premiering in Canada on Friday misrepresents the facts about abortion.Unplanned is based on a memoir by Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood clinic director who became an anti-abortion advocate and now leads an organization that provides support for abortion care providers who want to “leave the abortion industry.”Unplanned depicts a period in Johnson’s life when she personally accessed two abortions and rose up the ranks of Planned Parenthood, starting as a volunteer and eventually becoming the director of a clinic in Texas. The pivotal moment comes when she assists with an ultrasound-guided abortion and sees a fetus “twisting and fighting” away from the abortion instruments — a scene many health-care providers have condemned as unrealistic.Several pro-choice organizations have spoken out about the potential dangers of the film. The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada calls Unplanned “a dangerous piece of anti-abortion propaganda” containing “vicious falsehoods.” National Abortion Federation Canada Director Jill Doctoroff said she’s concerned that “it looks like a regular movie,” but “really it’s more propaganda.” “It can be hard for people to distinguish between what’s really based on true facts and what’s been changed from reality,” Doctoroff said in an interview.Read more: Why experts say anti-abortion movie Unplanned should be allowed to screen — even if it`s problematic Opinion | Unplanned film supporters expose their hypocrisyAs thousands of women in U.S. lose abortion access, B.C. women share their stories to lift stigmaJohnson, however, maintains the film is accurate. “While there may be a few abortion supporting doctors who state that the film is inaccurate, there are many other physicians who have publicly responded, stating tha ...