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I saw my first R-rated movie last weekend. Years ago I read Abby Johnson\u2019s book \u201cUnplanned<\/a>,\u201d and now that her story is in theaters I really wanted to check it out.<\/p>\n

If you don’t already know the the details, just know that \u201cUnplanned\u201d is one of the most powerful pro-life stories you\u2019ll ever hear. In 2009, a director of a Texas Planned Parenthood clinic witnessed an abortion. In response to what she saw she left her job, eventually joining the pro-life protesters on the other side of the fence of her former clinic.<\/p>\n

Talk about drama.<\/p>\n

Abby\u2019s resignation created a stir in Planned Parenthood and the media, with gag orders and court hearings and all kinds of TV appearances (like I said, drama). Abby went on to found And Then There Were None<\/a>, an organization that helps employees in the abortion industry leave their jobs and find employment elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Two things really stood out to me as I watched Abby\u2019s story unfold on the screen. First, \u201cUnplanned\u201d shows the consequences of abortion in a time when people either deny that consequences exist or forget that they do. Second, \u201cUnplanned\u201d reminds us that God isn\u2019t finished with the pro-life movement.<\/p>\n

The truth about abortion<\/h4>\n

In a world where abortion is validated and even praised, \u201cUnplanned\u201d exposes lies and shows us the pain of abortion that some of us rarely or never see. Onscreen we see the anguish of grandparents who know their grandchildren are being aborted. We see the pain of women and teenaged girls \u2014 including Abby \u2014 experiencing abortion and abortion complications alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so sorry you had to go through that\u201d \u2014 a pro-life volunteer says about Abby\u2019s earlier abortion. Abby cuts her off, insisting she was glad for her abortion. But later we see how much it hurt her.<\/p>\n

We see Abby after she leaves the clinic, grieving not only her two aborted children but also her role in thousands of other abortions. We listen as she asks her husband how it is even possible that God could ever forgive her. \u201cBecause He\u2019s God,\u201d her husband assures her.<\/p>\n

Abby Johnson\u2019s story is one of pain. I think we sometimes forget that amid our statistics and logical arguments. There\u2019s a place for numbers and rhetoric, but we must never forget that abortion hurts \u2014 personally and profoundly.<\/p>\n

Praying at the fence<\/h4>\n

Roe v. Wade<\/a> legalized abortion nearly two decades before I was born. I grew up hearing people in my church talk about praying outside the local abortion clinic. To me, abortion has always been a fact of life and it sometimes seems pointless to hope for that to change.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a scene in \u201cUnplanned\u201d where Shawn, the leader of the pro-life protesters who have faithfully prayed at the clinic, tells Abby how discouraged he had been before she quit.<\/p>\n

They had spent so many hours praying at the fence. Several times he had organized events where volunteers stood outside the clinic praying around the clock for 40 days. Yet they still saw woman after woman go into the clinic. They saw relatives sobbing at the gate. They saw large drums full of the remains of babies taken away by sanitation trucks.<\/p>\n

Over and over and over they prayed.<\/p>\n

Over and over and over babies were aborted.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome days,\u201d Shawn told Abby, \u201cI thought we weren\u2019t doing any good.\u201d<\/p>\n

But then Abby quit. God moved in her heart and brought her out of that clinic, launching a national movement that has prompted 500 other abortion workers to exit the industry.<\/p>\n

God\u2019s people prayed faithfully even when they saw no results. And God worked. Just look at all that has come of their faithful prayer: the resignation of the clinic director, the eventual closing of that clinic, and now a book<\/a> and a movie<\/a> sharing the story of what God has done.<\/p>\n

Will there be an end to abortion?<\/h4>\n

When I saw “Unplanned” last weekend, I was pro-life. When I finished the movie, I was just as pro-life but I was reminded how important this message is and how desperately people need to hear it. I was reminded of the pain caused by abortion. I was reminded of the power of prayer.<\/p>\n

More than anything, I had just witnessed a reminder that God never stops working behind the scenes. Even when it feels like all our efforts are failing, when we don\u2019t see any results, God never fails, loses or gives up.<\/p>\n

While Shawn was wondering if his work was pointless, God was preparing a Planned Parenthood director to make one of the most dramatic turnarounds in pro-life history. The impact from those volunteers praying at the fence will never be completely known.<\/p>\n

Go watch \u201cUnplanned.\u201d Watch it with a friend. Even if you already know life begins at conception, Abby\u2019s story will remind you that the fight isn\u2019t over and we all can play a part in it.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnplanned\u201d reminds all of us that God hasn\u2019t left the scene. He redeems our pain for something we never thought possible, bringing life out of our messy realities and hope to our R-rated stories.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2019 Lauren Dunn. All rights reserved.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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