| Genre: | Documentary |
| Director: | Deeyah Khan |
| Theme Music Composer: | Nick Kingsley Danny Farrant |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Editor: | Michael Ho Andrew Smith |
| Cinematography: | Deeyah Khan Darin Prindle |
| Runtime: | 68 minutes |
| Company: | Fuuse Film |
America's War on Abortion is a 2020 documentary film by Deeyah Khan. The film is produced by Khan's production company Fuuse and received its world premiere on ITV[1] and NRK2 on October 29, 2020.[2]
Filmed before and during the 2020 global crisis, Khan turns her focus to what she see as extreme beliefs weaponised under Trump’s rule.[3] In America's War on Abortion, she examines the erosion of reproductive rights in the US, featuring accounts from activists fighting for – and against – women’s right to choose.
Khan investigates one of the most divisive issues in American politics. She films at abortion clinics and meets the abortion providers and the women who seek abortions.[4] The film also features a man convicted of bombing and burning clinics. In his time in office, Donald Trump has wooed evangelical Christian voters by enacting anti-abortion policies including bringing conservative judges on the Supreme Court. Deeyah Khan goes on the front line to find the people who will be most affected by the abortion wars.
| Year | Award | Category | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | British Academy Film Awards[5] | Current Affairs | ||
| 2021 | Edinburgh International Television Festival | Best Documentary | ||
| 2021 | British Academy Film Awards[6] | Director:Factual | ||
| 2021 | Royal Television Society [7] | Director:Factual | ||
| 2021 | British Journalism Awards[8] | Best International Affairs Documentary | ||
| 2021 | Foreign Affairs Journalism |