March27 , 2023

    REVIEW: Why ‘Unplanned’ should not be rated R

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    Sometimes, the Motion Picture Association of America’s ratings board gets it wrong.

    Like it did with The Rookie, which was rated G but should have been given a PG due to a surprising amount of coarse language and a few thematic elements.

    Or Titantic, which was PG-13 but should have been R due to a nude scene that doesn’t belong in anything below the most strict mainstream rating.

    Or like this week’s abortion-themed film Unplanned, which was slapped with an R even though similar content — and, honestly, content 10 times worse — can be seen in PG-13 movies nearly every weekend of the year.   

    Unplanned tells the unlikely true story of Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood director who quit her job after witnessing an abortion to become a pro-life advocate.

    It stars Ashley Bratcher (90 Minutes In Heaven) as Abby; Jared Lotz as Shawn, a