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Robert Nickelsberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) Filmmaker Cynthia Lowen began the process of making the new documentary film "Battleground" with a genuine curiosity about the anti-abortion movement. Lowen wanted to understand how, despite being in the minority, anti-abortion movement organizers "were being so successful in advancing their agenda," she told ABC News Correspondent Phil Lipof. The new documentary "Battleground," which was released this year in theaters and is now available on streaming platforms, began in the summer of 2019, a full three years before Roe v. Wade was overturned. Lowen said she started filming in Alabama, where the team was focused at first on documenting the abortion-rights movement. She quickly realized, she told ABC News, how crucial it would be to frame the film from a minority perspective by including multiple important voices from the anti-abortion movement. A recent survey by Pew Research Center found that 62% of America