A Horrifying Dretriment to the Cause - Please Do Not Recommend

First the good: For the most part, photography is appropriate for the material and does a good job of creating an appropriate mood. Individuals telling their story are well-presented and interestingly lit. 

The bad, and the ugly This film plays fast and loose with the facts without offering citations. Several claims in this film are not proved or are used with the narrowest justification. Claims require proof. I find this odd for a film that claims to be a documentary, especially for an issue as important as this one. 

This sloppiness will provide fodder for those on the other side of this issue to cry foul about the use of scare tactics on behalf of the pro-life movement in particular and Christians in general. 

Just a few of the claims stated as fact, that are uncited, unjustified or just flat wrong: - Since passage of Rowe V. Wade, one third of all pregnancies have been terminated by abortions. - Due to abortion, the size of the average family has become so small that the social security system is facing insolvency. - Sex education in the schools involves advocacy and description of masturbation and distribution of birth control. - Teaching evolutionary science to your kids will cause them to advocate ethnic cleansing and possibly cause them to get abortions or become abortionists themselves.

A couple of minor points: The film is listed in IMDb at 89 minutes. The version I saw was more then 100 minutes. Due to all the uncited statements I expected to see a lengthy bibliography or at least notes at the end, but due to time constraints, the person showing the film cut it off as the credits were rolling. Most of these claims were so serious (like the 1/3 of pregnancies ending in abortions)that I would expect an in line citation. (And so should you.) The sound for a portion of the film was poor with the swelling background music overriding the voice of the person speaking.

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