Who is behind "October Baby"?
Could a movie with an anti-choice agenda be coming to a theater near you?
Today's New York Times had a story on the new movie "October Baby," which made $2.8 million in its opening week.
"October Baby" bills itself as a coming-of-age story with no political agenda. But a closer look at the filmmakers and the groups behind this movie reveals a troubling connection with the extreme anti-choice movement.
Who's behind "October Baby"?
You'll notice that the movie's website lists several supporting anti-choice organizations.
Focus on the Family and the American Family Association are among the groups that support extreme "personhood" measures.
Last November, the American Family Association campaigned aggressively for a "personhood" initiative in Mississippi that would have banned abortion care without exception, and could also have outlawed most common forms of birth control.
The filmmakers, Andrew and Jon Erwin, even did screenings of "October Baby" to help support the "personhood" initiative.
Thankfully, Mississippi voters overwhelmingly rejected this far-reaching measure.
But the people behind Mississippi "personhood" aren't giving up. They're pushing similar measures in other states.
Who's getting money from "October Baby"?
The movie's website lists Care Net and Heartbeat International as partners. They're umbrella organizations that support anti-choice "crisis pregnancy centers" (CPCs).
Ten percent of the profits from "October Baby" go to fund organizations that match the description of Care Net CPCs. That's more than $280,000 funneled in the last week alone toward misleading women!
So, here's why moviegoers should have concerns about how this financial arrangement affects women.
CPCs are anti-choice operations that pose as comprehensive women's health clinics. However, many CPCs deceive and lie to women to scare them away from choosing safe, legal abortion care. In other words, they aren't what they appear to be.
Investigations by NARAL Pro-Choice America state affiliates and HBO's documentary "12th & Delaware" have shown that CPCs regularly provide false or misleading information.
A CPC in Florida even suggested to one woman that her abusive boyfriend would stop abusing her if she carried her pregnancy to term.
There are more than 4,000 CPCs operating throughout the country; they outnumber health centers that provide abortion care by a 4:1 margin.
Sometimes, a movie's just a movie--but that's not the case with "October Baby."
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American Family Association, Care Net, cpc, Crisis Pregnancy Center, focus on the family, HBO, heartbeat, heartbeat intenational, initiative 26, Mississippi, New York Times, October Baby, personhood,
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I find it amazing that "October Baby" is billed as "a coming-of-age story with no political agenda." If you read through details and reviews of the film on IMDB, it's very clear who is behind it. The majority of the user reviews are made by people who give it a full ten stars and speak of it in absolutely glowing terms... interestingly, these same people all seem to have registered just to review this one film.
One of the more enlightening reviews reveals a bit more information on the film's supporters:
"Its funny to see that this movie gets 5/10 stars, yet over 90% of the written reviews are 10 stars. Hmmm? Maybe this has to do with something my friend told me...That her Mother's church, which bought 300 copies of The Passion of the Christ, let the congregation know that it should see the movie, and comment positively online."
This sounds like very thinly-veiled propaganda that deserves to be exposed as such.
Read my review of the movie on Rotten Tomatoes. Y'all liberty-loving pro-choicers will love it!
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/user/965465/reviews/?id=771258769#reviews_main
Just a quick question, is there a civil rights group that fights for FATHERS rights?
Propaganda? And the pro-choice folks don't have an agenda either - Hey why don't you make a movie that spouts the benefits of abortion. Good luck with that.
The fight for women's rights is also the fight for father's rights. Once we acknowledge that women bear an extraordinarily higher burden where children and childbirth is concerned, then and only then, can we proceed in a fair consideration of what a father's rights are.
Also, Jan... The pro-choice agenda is to give women a much honest information as possible and as much fairness in what happens to their bodies as possible. Something CPCs don't provide.
The benefits of abortion? Oh, hey, let's see... a woman who had no desire to get pregnant and may well have used birth control doesn't have to have her body co-opted for nine months and then torn apart from the inside out to create a life she didn't want to produce. Sounds like a benefit to me. The planet doesn't have to support another human life when we are already having trouble growing food and finding water and space for the people who are already here... with me yet? Abortion should be the default choice for any unintended pregnancy, and should only be rare in the sense that birth control ought to work better, dammit. If you have a problem with that, you just aren't thinking.