Tina Sellers

I don't know who on the film team selected the blue-collar, Bible belt setting of Central PA but it's perfect. These girls most likely would've never had the means or the occasion to travel to NYC - Greyhound yes, maybe a subway but probably not, maybe a school trip to Philadelphia or D.C. Regardless, this 17-year old is doing what she knows she needs to do. The characters are fabulously real. Autumn is guardedly expressive (a criticism I saw attributed to bad acting in another review), which in my view reflects the privacy of her moment - in a small town where everyone knows her, where purveyors of pro-life propaganda are out in force - and the sense of life being on hold until she resolves it. This becomes clear in her acting at the very end of the film. I love how the film portrays the cousin bond; in central PA as anywhere else our cousins are our first friends; so much can go unspoken as it does in this movie. I applaud the filmmakers for portraying the importance of Planned Parenthood and its deeply caring, responsible and respectful staff. If like me you're struggling with your estate planning, this film will inspire you to leave resources, either now or later, to young women in this situation, for their safety and for the sad fact that their reproductive self-determination is under constant attack.