Wisp film highlights the harm of abortion bans two years post-Dobbs
Released on the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the campaign highlights the impact abortion bans have had on doctors who pledge to “first, do no harm.”
In the two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, one need not search far to find an example of a pregnant person’s life ruined by strict abortion bans.
Women have beenarrested and charged with murder for having abortions. Others have had to delay inducing labor for a dead fetus, making the miscarriage process even more traumatizing.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court’s Dobbs vs. Jackson decision has made doctors hesitate to provide abortion procedures for fear that they’ll lose their medical licenses, putting their patients at risk.
A new film from sexual and reproductive health care brand Wisp points out the hypocrisy of these bans by showing that they ultimately force doctors to go against the Hippocratic Oath they recite before entering the field, to which they pledge to “first, do no harm.”
Dr. Jillian LoPiano, Wisp’s chief health officer and a practicing OB-GYN in a state with abortion restrictions, said the message holds deeper meaning two years post-Dobbs, because the public has had the time to “understand the very deep, far-reaching and dangerous implications” of the decision.
The film follows a doctor in two scenarios: during his 1995 graduation, when he recites the Hippocratic Oath, and in the present day, as he is forced to turn away a patient seeking an abortion at his Texas clinic.
He hesitates to fill out his notes from the appointment, worried about disclosing that the patient was seeking an abortion upon learning that texts and web searches have been used as prosecutorial evidence.
Viewers then see how, as the woman takes measures into her own hands — searching for care outside of Texas, texting a friend to ask for help driving to an out-of-state facility —
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