{"id":269578,"date":"2018-01-11T08:49:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T13:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aleteia.org\/?post_type=post&amp;p=269578"},"modified":"2018-01-11T08:49:27","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T13:49:27","slug":"jon-voight-attached-to-new-film-telling-the-story-behind-roe-v-wade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2018\/01\/jon-voight-attached-to-new-film-telling-the-story-behind-roe-v-wade\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Voight to star to new film telling the story behind Roe v. Wade"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>The actor who once famously depicted <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0475999\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pope John Paul II<\/a> <\/strong>is slated to play a Supreme Court Justice in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catholicnewslive.com\/story\/655054\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a feature film<\/a><\/strong> that is seeking funding:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Two Hollywood actors are coming together with pro-life leaders to produce a film detailing the true story behind <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight and actor\/producer Nick Loeb are involved in the making of \u201cRoe v. Wade: The Movie,\u201d along with Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the untold story of how [abortion activists] lied and manipulated Jane Roe, the media, and the courts into the decision to allow abortion in 1973,\u201d Loeb told LifeNews.<\/p>\n<p>The film will follow key advocates in the abortion fight in the 1970s, including former abortionist Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Betty Friedan on the pro-abortion side and Dr. Mildred Jefferson, the first African American woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School, on the pro-life side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBernard and Betty, along with the team at Planned Parenthood, search the country to find a pregnant girl they can use to sue the government for her right to have an abortion,\u201d according to a description on the film website.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/roe-v-wade-the-movie-film#\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the website:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Executive Producers: Dr. Alveda King,\u00a0Nick Loeb &amp; Nick Byassee<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Alveda King will also be making a cameo in the film as Dr. Mildred Jefferson\u2019s Mother.<\/p>\n<p>Co\u00a0Executive Producers: Jalesia McQueen,\u00a0Larry Cirignano, Mary Anne Urlakis, Rebecca Kiessling,\u00a0Walter B. Hoye II<\/p>\n<p>Co-Producer: Mindy Robinson<\/p>\n<p>Producers: Cathy Allyn, Ken Kushner, Rob Simmons<\/p>\n<p>We are currently out to cast and have secured our first attachment!<\/p>\n<p>Academy Award Winner JON VOIGHT is attached to play a Supreme Court Justice!!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can watch a promotional video for the fundraising campaign below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ROE v. 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