The result, from a cinematic standpoint is gripping and delightful as well as pricelessly insightful. Inside this care centre we quickly understand the logistics, the tactics and the hierarchies and soon enough it starts to resemble an army like faction, solidly structured on religious self-righteousness and strong beliefs. This structure goes from the general; a woman not afraid to get her hands dirty and deceive or even trick a pregnant woman to talk her out of an abortion. The spiritual leader, a priest who condones and supports everything the group does providing them with a required peace of mind. The sentinels, in the shape of a man who almost psychotically chases the doctors down as if her were on the hunt for them. Then of course, the militant protestors outside the clinics with signs and whines, as they yell slogans and rants made to induce guilt and regret on the doctors and their patients.
Despite a somewhat leniance towards non-judgement, it is inevitable that as the film progress we start to feel sympathetic towards the abortion clinic. And despite an almost natural satirical and involountarily comedic eye, mostly due to a nervous reaction induced by the subjects' fanaticism, interactions between the care centre inhabitants and the pregnant women often descend into dark territories, and often uncomfortable at that. Occasionally, we get to take a peek inside the house on the other side of the road, where the doctor admits to being angry and afraid at the Pregnancy Care Centre, especially considering the events surrounding the controversial killing of George Tiller. However, whilst After Tiller was in all its seriousness far more admirably soft spoken as well as certainly far more biased, 12th & Delaware has a greater bite also due to its fascinatingly peculiar viewpoints and hence more accessible nature on top of possibly being more effective in sparking up further debates and discussions on its delicate subject.
