https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mpaa-criticized-by-christian-groups-r-rated-anti-abortion-movie-1195158MPAA has issued an R rating for the right-wing movie "Unplanned" about a planned parenthood executive who became a pro-life activist.
Theres no profanity, no gore, no violence and no sexual scenes to merit an R-rating, and right-wing actors and pundits signed a letter accusing the MPAA of ideological bias
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According to the Reporter, the MPAA contends the R rating for Unplanned wasn’t political, and was instead assigned because of “some disturbing/bloody images.” Pure Flix, which doesn’t plan on appealing the decision, was clearly frustrated by the rating, as they were expecting a more on-brand PG-13. “A 15-year old girl can get an abortion without her parent’s permission but she can’t see this movie without adult supervision?,” company executive Ken Rather told the Reporter. “That’s sad.”
Ironically, it appears that the only justification for the MPAA's R rating was their argument that abortion itself is an act of violence;
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‘Unplanned,’ which is based on a book by the same name, tells the story of Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood clinic director who was involved in more than 22,000 abortions. One day, while Johnson was assisting in an ultrasound-guided abortion, she watched on the screen as a baby was aborted and found herself unable to continue her work at Planned Parenthood.
So by depicting that scene, they went right from PG to R rating