[Townhall] While many in the media are becoming more aware of the growing threat of human trafficking, they rarely cover the connection between sexual slavery and abortion. But a new documentary is doing just that.Blind Eyes Opened: The Truth about Sex Trafficking in America opened with a limited release in theaters on January 23, and is now showing at local locations nationwide. The Christian documentary "dives deep into the sex trafficking industry in the U.S." and features politicians, law enforcement, and experts in an effort to inform the American public.
Corporal Alan Wilkett of Pasco County Sheriff's Office in Florida begins the documentary with some startling numbers. Citing the United Nations, he stressed that human trafficking enslaves an estimated 27 million people globally.
The United States, he added, is "one of the largest consumers of human trafficking."
Abortion only helps hide the abuse, according to pro-life leaders. In the middle of the film, Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood director turned pro-life advocate, examined the link between trafficking and abortion.
"People ask me all the time about, you know, connections between the abortion industry and sex trafficking and, you know, providing a safe haven for these abusers, which I absolutely believe that we did that while I worked in the abortion industry at Planned Parenthood," Johnson revealed.
Arina O. Grossu, the former director of the Family Research Council’s Center for Human Dignity also chimed in.
"These poor women, sometimes they have 10-12 buyers a day. Some have reported up to 50 buyers a day," Grossu stressed. "And so, there’s a higher risk of getting pregnant and then the pimps are not interested in saving their children."