This is a look at a lawsuit brought by women in Texas against the state’s medical rules for abortions in the wake of over turning Roe v Wade. The women are challenging the law for, among other reasons, that things aren't clear enough so that medical professionals are so afraid of doing anything, even when medically necessary that very often they are putting the lives of the mother in danger. There is a real risk of death or the women not being able to have another child through no fault of their own.
This is a vitally important film whose story needs to be heard. Sure it was easy to put abortion bans in place, unfortunately the lawmakers, in typical fashion, didn’t think things through and left the people of their states hanging. The legislators simply wrote the law and didn’t think about how it worked or what it allowed or didn’t.
The film charts the lawsuit filed by a number of women in Texas and the lawyers fighting for them. It’s a film that perfectly explains what happened and why. It’s a story that makes clear that things have to be changed, however it also makes clear that no one really wants to step up and fix something that makes sense.
If there is anything wrong with the film it is that the film is so perfectly put together that it comes across matter of factly. The film perfectly states it’s point and explains the problem that it kind of removes some of the emotion. You come out of the film feeling that of course this is a problem that needs to be addressed, why isn’t anyone doing it…. And then you realize we’re talking about Legislators and we are not talking about the brightest bulbs in the box.
All kidding and quibbles aside this film is required viewing.
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