Eclipse of Reason is a 1987 anti-abortion documentary video directed, filmed, and narrated by Bernard Nathanson, with an introduction by Charlton Heston.

[1] This film, as well as The Silent Scream, was instrumental in the Right to Life Committee's garnering the attention of the United States public regarding the issue of abortion.

[1] Eclipse of Reason shows a late term abortion occurring sometime after the fourth month of pregnancy.

The film focuses on the limbs of the fetus while in the womb then proceeds to show the abortion in graphic detail.

Different women who have had abortions and suffered harmful effects from the procedure give testimony later in the film.