Abortion leads to life of protest, prayer
(24 Jun 2022) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4385739 ++MUSIC CLEARED FOR USE++ ASSOCIATED PRESS Tupelo, Mississippi – 24 May 2022 1. Wide shot of Tanya Britton praying, crossing self HEADLINE: Abortion leads to life of protest, prayer ++SOT PARTIALLY COVERED++ 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Tanya Britton, Anti-Abortion Activist: "What I remember from that day was just terror. And there was this voice that I heard from within ... deep down in me that said, Help me. Get out." 3. Wide of Britton kneeling, praying 4. Slow push in on Jesus statue 5. Mid rack focus of Britton ANNOTATION: Britton had an abortion in 1972, a year before the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision legalized the practice nationwide. 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Tanya Britton, Anti-Abortion Activist: "It was desperate. I was a college student, and I felt like my entire life would be destroyed if I had a child." 7. Wide photo of Britton sitting in front of wall of photographs ++SOT COVERED++ SOUNDBITE (English) Tanya Britton, Anti-Abortion Activist: "It about destroyed my soul." 8. Tight of Britton driving with dog ANNOTATION: After falling into drugs to deaden her guilt, Britton had a spiritual awakening. ++SOT PARTIALLY COVERED++ 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Tanya Britton, Anti-Abortion Activist: "This voice came through and said, `The problem with people in America is that people in America don't know how to pray.'" 10. Wide of Britton and dog walking through sanctuary with flowers 11. Wide photo of Britton and dog at altar ++SOT COVERED++ 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Tanya Britton, Anti-Abortion Activist: "And I immediately went into prayer." ++SOT PARTIALLY COVERED++ 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Tanya Britton, Anti-Abortion Activist: "I first got started after a Saturday daily mass. Someone asked me if I wanted to go with him to the abortion clinic to pray. And, so, I found out later this group would go every Saturday and pray the rosary." 14. Slow pull out on photo of rosary on table ASSOCIATED PRESS 15. Various newspaper clippings about Britton's activism ANNOTATION: Eventually, prayer led to protest ... and arrests. ASSOCIATED PRESS Tupelo, Mississippi – 24 May 2022 ++SOT PARTIALLY COVERED++ 16. SOUNDBITE (English) Tanya Britton, Anti-Abortion Activist: "I've used every tactic that we have in our arsenal. The first, of course, is preparation. When you go to war, you prepare. You practice. You know, you discipline yourself. You do all these things before you hit the battlefield. And going out to an abortion facility is a battle in this huge war that we're in on life." 17. Mid photo of Britton with church in background ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Jackson, Mississippi – 30 November 2021 18. Various photos of Britton protesting outside state's only abortion clinic ASSOCIATED PRESS Tupelo, Mississippi – 24 May 2022 19. Various of Britton praying in church pew ANNOTATION: At 70, Britton spends less time on the protest lines and more in silent prayer, often for hours a day. ++SOT PARTIALLY COVERED++ 20. SOUNDBITE (English) Tanya Britton, Anti-Abortion Activist: "My prayer, one of my prayers, has been that I would live long enough to see Roe v Wade overturned." 21. Slow pull out on photo of church window 22. Slow push in on photo of Britton and others in church ANNOTATION: Britton wept at the Supreme Court's ruling, but she knows it won't end abortion in a significant number of states. ++SOT PARTIALLY COVERED++ 23. SOUNDBITE (English) Tanya Britton, Anti-Abortion Activist: 24. Wide photo of Britton at memorial to the unborn ASSOCIATED PRESS Tupelo, Mississippi – 25 May 2022 ASSOCIATED PRESS Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
