"The movie's status as a hit defies logic," Christian film critic Michael Foust told Baptist Press. "It was rated R -- a rating that automatically makes it a no-go for many Christians. It's about abortion – a topic that most Americans would rather avoid. And its ads were banned on many stations, including Lifetime, Travel Channel, Cooking Channel, HGTV, Food Network, Hallmark Channel and USA Networks.

“The hearings are important to illustrate the intense emotional collision of competing worldviews among politicians, lawyers and regular citizens who care about constitutional rights,” said Mike Whitehead, general counsel for the Missouri Baptist Convention and co-counsel in several cases that have gone before the Supreme Court.