Justin Bieber's mother, Pattie Mallette, produced a pro-life film, "Crescendo," which she hopes will help raise millions of dollars to support pregnancy centers.
In her book Nowhere But Up: The Story of Justin Bieber's Mom, Mallette explains how she became a Christian in a health center. Once released, she fell back into old habits until she became pregnant with the child of then-boyfriend Jeremy Bieber. Though faced with tough circumstances, she decided to have the baby instead of having an abortion.
"I knew that I had to do what it took. I just couldn't abort him," she wrote in her book, referring to Justin. "My hope through this involvement is to encourage young women all over the world, just like me, to let them know that there is a place to go, people who will take care of you and a safe home to live in if you are pregnant and think you have nowhere else to turn," Mallette, who received help from a pregnancy center as teenager, said in a statement about the film
More recently The Chicago Sun-Times interviewed a "longtime Bieber associate," who suggested that Bieber is uncomfortable with the attention his mother is receiving because of her film.
"Justin just is very uncomfortable about political issues – especially ones like abortion that are very divisive," the anonymous associate stated. "He's all about entertaining his fans with his music and not interested in pushing a political agenda. ... Furthermore, I don't believe he agrees with his mom on this issue."
"Crescendo" has won over a dozen film festival awards. Mallette plans to make appearances at several screenings of the film, where she will share her story in person.
