Scandal star Kerry Washington is set to produce a new abortion-centered flick: an adaptation of The New York Times best-selling book The Mothers, written by Brit Bennett and released last October.
The novel takes an “unflinching look at abortion, the black church, love and friendship through the years,” according to The Root.
The story focuses on a 17-year-old protagonist named Nadia who aborts her child after becoming pregnant from a relationship with a pastor’s son named Luke; she quickly leaves for the University of Michigan post-abortion. “Years pass, and Nadia’s friend Aubrey, a committed Christian, begins dating and eventually marries Luke, living a version of the life that Nadia ran from,” explains The New York Times. “Nadia’s story is framed by the recurring chorus-like voice of ‘the mothers,’ the gossipy elder women of the church who serve as her hometown’s eagle-eyed morality police.”
Bennett has reportedly been tapped to write the script for the film adaptation.
It comes as no surprise that Washington would take on the abortion cause. The actress is a vocal supporter of abortion and Planned Parenthood, America’s largest abortion mill, responsible for well over 300,000 abortions annually.
In November 2015, Washington starred in a pro-Planned Parenthood episode of Scandal which portrayed her character, Olivia Pope, having an abortion to a Christian hymn about the birth of Christ, “Silent Night.”
The show also featured an episode where the character named Mellie, the wife of the president whom Washington’s character is sleeping with, filibusters for abortion as a nod to Abortion Barbie Wendy Davis. Washington tweeted her support for the abortion mill on the night of its airing:
During the 2016 presidential election, Washington was an avid supporter of failed candidate Hillary Clinton. The former secretary of state ran on a wildly pro-abortion platform, including on-demand abortion without restriction and the promise to overturn the Hyde Amendment, which is currently instated to protect American tax-payers from funding on-demand abortion.
It is unclear if Washington will star in the new abortion film.
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