Deliberate Parenthood Slams ‘Blonde’ for ‘Anti-Abortion Propaganda’

After making its Netflix debut on Sept. 28, Andrew Dominick’s “Blonde” has acquired an intense wave of criticism amongst viewers for a number of causes, largely centering on its depiction and fictionalization of Marilyn Monroe’s life, which has been described as “exploitative.” Now Deliberate Parenthood has launched a press release in opposition to the movie, alleging it contributes to “anti-abortion propaganda.”

Within the movie, primarily based on Joyce Carol Oates’ novel of the identical title, Monroe (performed by Ana de Armas) is seen being pressured to undergo two unlawful abortions, each of which depart an enduring scar on the Hollywood star. One scene specifically reveals Monroe speaking to a photoreal CGI model of her unborn fetus, which sympathetically questions her about its personal destiny asking, “You gained’t harm me this time, will you?” 

With the movie business taking a deeper take a look at its depictions of abortion in mild of the Supreme Court docket’s overturning of Roe v. Wade on June 24, Deliberate Parenthood’s nationwide director of arts and leisure engagement Caren Spruch chimed in on the dialog, calling its portrayal probably dangerous.

“As movie and TV shapes many individuals’s understanding of sexual and reproductive well being, it’s vital these depictions precisely painting ladies’s actual choices and experiences. Whereas abortion is secure, important well being care, anti-abortion zealots have lengthy contributed to abortion stigma through the use of medically inaccurate descriptions of fetuses and being pregnant,” Spruch stated in a press release shared with Selection. “Andrew Dominik’s new movie, ‘Blonde,’ bolsters their message with a CGI-talking fetus, depicted to appear to be a fully-formed child.”

“Deliberate Parenthood respects inventive license and freedom, nevertheless, false photographs solely serve to strengthen misinformation and perpetuate stigma round sexual and reproductive well being care. Each being pregnant end result — particularly abortion — needs to be portrayed sensitively, authentically, and precisely within the media,” Spruch added. “We nonetheless have a lot work to do be certain that everybody who has an abortion can see themselves onscreen. It’s a disgrace that the creators of ‘Blonde’ selected to contribute to anti-abortion propaganda and stigmatize folks’s well being care choices as a substitute.”

The Hollywood Reporter first reported Deliberate Parenthood’s assertion.