Maria and her children
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Maria and her children |
| Country of production | Germany |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 45 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Fritz Poppenberg |
| production | Drei Linden Film, Berlin |
Maria and her children is a film by the director Fritz Poppenberg about the work of the midwife Maria Grundberger, who, as an employee of the Life Center Munich, has been providing so-called "sidewalk advice" for years. According to her own statements, she and her street team prevented more than five hundred abortions . The film premiered in Berlin in 2007.
content
The film documents the activities of Maria Grundberger and shows the stories of several women who decided against an abortion after consulting with Grundberger. The women concerned accuse state-sponsored advice centers , authorities and associations of "systematically playing down" abortion. An example tells of a young person who had been offered 5,000 euros for an abortion by her boyfriend's parents, but who nevertheless decided to continue the pregnancy after intensive discussions with Grundberger. Another example reports the "suffering and regret" of a woman who had an abortion. Another case tells of a man who tried to prevent the abortion of the embryo or fetus he had created by all legal means, but was unsuccessful. Excerpts from a letter to a pregnant woman ("Give your baby the chance to hug you!") Are quoted in the film.
The examples are commented on by legal and psychotherapy professionals. The former abortion doctor Stojan Adasevic from Belgrade also has his say, who carried out over 60,000 abortions himself until he finally became a committed opponent of abortion .
reception
Human Life International reported on Grundberger's commitment and the film with praise and took Grundberger under protection against critics.
Also kath.net pointed activity on the "sensational documentary" and basic Bergers. The Daily Mail reported that the film, which "addresses two social taboos: the killing of unborn children [...] and the rescue of these children from the now long socially acceptable abortion." Likewise, the Aachener Zeitung .
The tz , however, reported that Grundberger ambushed women willing to have abortion for forced counseling and, u. a. bloody shock images of abortions. As a result, several of the pregnant women have already suffered nervous breakdowns.
Web links
- Pale as death. (PDF; 118 kB) Interview with Fritz Poppenberg, September 20, 2007 dreilindenfilm.de
- Nina Krüsmann: Documentation as “Propaganda for Life”. Aachener Zeitung, December 19, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c "Maria and her children" at kath.net, September 23, 2007
- ^ Maria Grundberger: Appeal from a midwife. Alfa, Signs of Life No. 69, Winter 2005 ( full text ( Memento from December 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ); PDF; 288 kB)
- ↑ a b Patricia Haun: Guardian Angel on the Sidewalk (PDF; 136 kB), in: Die Tagespost No. 116, September 27, 2007
- ↑ Maria and her children ( Memento from May 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) at Human Life International
- ^ Nina Krüsmann: Documentation as “Propaganda for Life” , Aachener Zeitung , December 19, 2011
- ↑ Dorita Plange: Eerie crusade paralyzes city traffic , tz , May 22, 2011