{"id":567,"date":"2014-08-13T19:29:16","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T23:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=567"},"modified":"2024-03-30T17:41:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T21:41:24","slug":"after-tiller-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=567","title":{"rendered":"After Tiller-2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Tiller-2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Martha Shane, Lana Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #153<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed August 13, 2014\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Grade: A<\/strong><\/p>\n

After Tiller (2013) is a brilliant and thought-provoking documentary about the controversial topic of abortion. The issue presented is not whether abortions should be performed, but rather if they should be performed late-term (beyond twenty weeks).<\/p>\n

The Doctor Tiller mentioned in the title was the Doctor who opened the handful of clinics that perform late-term abortions and who was murdered outside of his church by fanatics before the documentary was made.<\/p>\n

The four remaining prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of his are Doctors who now openly perform these controversial procedures and who are presented as, not monsters as some would think of them, but as sympathetic, kind professionals who put the pregnant mothers\u2019 needs first.<\/p>\n

As I assumed before seeing the documentary, the Doctors are not strictly performing the abortions for mothers seeking a way to get rid of a “problem”, but rather, in most cases, the baby will lead a life of pain, misery, and health problems.<\/p>\n

Typically, the parents do not learn of the problem until late in the pregnancy which adds dimensions and levels to the issue.<\/p>\n

The viewer is left wondering, what would I do?<\/p>\n

Most of the parents struggle with the decision to terminate their pregnancies.<\/p>\n

These Doctors (and their families) constantly receive death threats from pro-life groups who do not comprehend the issue and the Doctors are harassed by people who do not want their abortion clinics anywhere near them and as a viewer, this is painful to watch.<\/p>\n

Any viewer who is pro-life or pro-choice ought to watch this for a better understanding of the complexities of late-term abortions.<\/p>\n

After Tiller (2013) is riveting but has shamefully been seldom seen by audiences.<\/p>\n

Independent Spirit Award Nominations:\u00a0<\/strong>Best Documentary Feature<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After Tiller-2013 Director Martha Shane, Lana Wilson Scott’s Review #153 Reviewed August 13, 2014\u00a0 Grade: A After Tiller (2013) is a brilliant and thought-provoking documentary about the controversial topic of abortion. The issue presented is not whether abortions should be performed, but rather if they should be performed late-term (beyond twenty weeks). The Doctor Tiller … Continue reading After Tiller-2013<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,46,41,3964,3965],"tags":[76,249,73,3966,3967],"class_list":["post-567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2013-films","category-documentaries","category-indiefilms","category-lana-wilson","category-martha-shane","tag-2013-movie-reviews","tag-documentaries","tag-independent-films","tag-lana-wilson","tag-martha-shane"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=567"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20068,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567\/revisions\/20068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}