90% covered the story as abortion being wrong. Lots of courtroom blah blah about laws. Expected the story of 1 Dr and specifically his story and what he did wrong. First 40 min was about no oversight for the abortion dr. Law passed to force this dr to have another physician available in case of emergencies. No mention a crime until 73 min in. No mention of fetuses or the improper handling of the bodies until the end.
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Insane
joan-6827923 April 2021
The language used such as "aborshonist" as opposed to Doctor is really offensive.
Woman should be able to decide what happens in their bodies and a mass of cells is not a "baby" as this film says many times. If a being can live on its own such as late in pregnancy that can be considered a "baby" but at 1-5 months that isn't a thing. At that point it's the Mother not a separate person.
Woman should be able to decide what happens in their bodies and a mass of cells is not a "baby" as this film says many times. If a being can live on its own such as late in pregnancy that can be considered a "baby" but at 1-5 months that isn't a thing. At that point it's the Mother not a separate person.
Wanted a Serial Killer Documentary. Got a Guy Who Mismanaged Paperwork Documentary
corymeyman16 April 2021
Warning: Spoilers
There's nothing serial killer about this guy. He performed legal abortions. No court would arrest him for it.
The only illegal thing he did was not file paperwork on time. I mean, if you're into that type of a movie, it's right up your alley then.
The funniest part of this was that the pro-life people interviewed were so happy in telling you how they purposely screw this guy by gaming the system. First, they are unhappy an abortion clinic is near a church. The next 30 minutes is pretty much about how religious stuff and how they didn't like all the violence and shootings involved near abortion clinics. (The irony here being that the shootings were from the anti-abortion side who shot at doctors)
So rather than just pray the office away, they used a large pro-life political group to help change the laws so the doctor had to have a backup physician. Just so happened he got assigned the physician who was trying to shut him down in a previous legal matter (color me surprised). Then after the same large group spent multiple hours pouring over all his documentation, they found a couple papers that were filed with the state department a few months late. They literally said they then went to this backup physician and said it would be a shame if everyone knew they were backing this abortion clinic doctor who was neglecting his duties. Essentially admitting to blackmail, as they should have just submitted it themselves without trying to coerce someone, but hey, I'm not a lawyer. Needless to say, the physician who already wanted the doctor shut down backed out which effectively shut down this man's practice.
Later after the doctor died, they found a ton of fetuses in jars and such in his basement and car. Mind you, this was all completely legal as there was no statue at the time about treating fetuses as human remains in Indiana until a few years after this incident. Most reliable sources point to him either keeping the jars because of his documented hoarding issues, or that he just wanted to save money by not having to dispose of the remains.
So essentially this movie is 70% Christian babble talk about how much they don't like abortion (yeah, we got it, you've made your point clear for the past 40 years), about 20% how they legally coerced and gamed the system to get an abortion clinic shut down, and 10% talking about a guy who the movie was supposed to be focused on, who wasn't a serial killer, just some guy who didn't file paperwork on time.
So if you're already anti-abortion, you can skip this movie, it only tells you the same stuff you already believe and has almost no storyline. If you're pro-choice, skip this movie, for all the reasons listed above. If you're on the fence about abortion, this movie will also stink.
The only illegal thing he did was not file paperwork on time. I mean, if you're into that type of a movie, it's right up your alley then.
The funniest part of this was that the pro-life people interviewed were so happy in telling you how they purposely screw this guy by gaming the system. First, they are unhappy an abortion clinic is near a church. The next 30 minutes is pretty much about how religious stuff and how they didn't like all the violence and shootings involved near abortion clinics. (The irony here being that the shootings were from the anti-abortion side who shot at doctors)
So rather than just pray the office away, they used a large pro-life political group to help change the laws so the doctor had to have a backup physician. Just so happened he got assigned the physician who was trying to shut him down in a previous legal matter (color me surprised). Then after the same large group spent multiple hours pouring over all his documentation, they found a couple papers that were filed with the state department a few months late. They literally said they then went to this backup physician and said it would be a shame if everyone knew they were backing this abortion clinic doctor who was neglecting his duties. Essentially admitting to blackmail, as they should have just submitted it themselves without trying to coerce someone, but hey, I'm not a lawyer. Needless to say, the physician who already wanted the doctor shut down backed out which effectively shut down this man's practice.
Later after the doctor died, they found a ton of fetuses in jars and such in his basement and car. Mind you, this was all completely legal as there was no statue at the time about treating fetuses as human remains in Indiana until a few years after this incident. Most reliable sources point to him either keeping the jars because of his documented hoarding issues, or that he just wanted to save money by not having to dispose of the remains.
So essentially this movie is 70% Christian babble talk about how much they don't like abortion (yeah, we got it, you've made your point clear for the past 40 years), about 20% how they legally coerced and gamed the system to get an abortion clinic shut down, and 10% talking about a guy who the movie was supposed to be focused on, who wasn't a serial killer, just some guy who didn't file paperwork on time.
So if you're already anti-abortion, you can skip this movie, it only tells you the same stuff you already believe and has almost no storyline. If you're pro-choice, skip this movie, for all the reasons listed above. If you're on the fence about abortion, this movie will also stink.
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