French TV Channel C8 Airs Anti-Abortion Film Before Ceasing Operations

The unexpected broadcast of the controversial film 'Unplanned' marked the final moments of C8 before its closure due to a regulatory decision.

C8, owned by Vincent Bolloré's Canal+ group, aired the anti-abortion film 'Unplanned' on February 28, just hours before shutting down at midnight.
The film, produced by an evangelical Christian studio, depicts the transformation of a former Planned Parenthood worker into an anti-abortion activist and has faced criticism for its accuracy, particularly a contentious abortion scene.
C8 prefaced the broadcast with a statement affirming women's legal rights to abortion in France, describing the film as a perspective on the importance of those rights.
The channel's closure follows the non-renewal of its broadcast license by Arcom, the French audiovisual regulator, amid prior controversies over its content choices.
Vincent Bolloré, a practicing Catholic, has previously expressed his opposition to abortion, framing it as a conflict between personal freedom and the right to life.