Last Abortion Clinic

                The movie that we watched in class titled “The Last Abortion Clinic” taught me a lot about the abortion process, especially in the state of Mississippi. It was very informative and really told the laws about abortion for Mississippi. The topic was brought up in class about if the story was bias towards pro-life or not. I had no idea about how Mississippi was so much for pro-life and was taking over the pro-choice party. I didn’t realize how it was down there and I think that the director and producers did a great job at telling the story how it was. The story was supposed to be focused on how the pro-life party was taking over pro-choice. Yeah, most of the stories and facts were about pro-life and all the information that was told was about the pro-life party, but that was the point of the story. We got to see many interviews of people who were pro-life in Mississippi and I really don’t think the story favored them in any way. The story was told how it was. I actually think that this story was not even close to being bias. I think that by telling the story about the pro-life supporters, it revealed how the pro-choice people must have felt. For example, all the rules and laws that were set in Mississippi seemed to favor pro-life supporters. The law about waiting 24 hours after the first appointment at the abortion clinic to actually get an abortion makes it hard for people to actually get to the clinic. We learned transportation was a big factor because there was only one remaining abortion clinic left in Mississippi. We even saw a women hang up on the abortion clinic because they didn’t have the time in the schedule to accommodate her when she wanted to come in. Another example is the required ultrasound. This gives the pregnant women a chance to actually see the fetus move around in her whom.  As we saw in the video, this causes the women to feel for the baby and sometimes make them keep the baby. These laws favor the pro-life side and the way the producer portrayed this things in the story, makes me almost feel bad for the pro-choice side as well as the pregnant women. We did not hear much from the pro-choice side in the video, but I did see some things that caught my attention. There was a scene where there were pro-life supporters protesting outside of an abortion clinic and they nurses were actually getting harassed by the protesters. It showed that this is a very controversial topic and a tough situation of lots of people. Again, the director and producers were just telling the story how it was. I don’t think in any way they were on the pro-life side because this scene really showed me the situation that was going on in Mississippi. There is no doubt that this story was centered around the side of pro-life, but there was definitely a purpose for that. The director wanted to tell the story about how pro-life is dominating in Mississippi right now and how pro-choice people are suffering, as well as women who need or want abortions.