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When Abortion Was Illegal:
Untold Stories
Nominated for an Academy Award, this video by Dorothy Fadiman illuminates
a largely undocumented era, revealing the physical, emotional, and legal
consequences when abortion was a criminal act. Women suffering complications
from back-alley or self-induced abortions risked arrest if they admitted
what they had done; doctors were often left to guess the source of severe
infections and hemorrhages. Because of this fear and ignorance, many
women died. Here, women speak frankly about their own experiences, some
for the first time. Doctors and health care workers describe the challenges
they faced trying to save women suffering from botched abortions, and
friends and family members share their own remembrances.
Date: 1992
Color
28 minutes
Filmmaker: Dorothy Fadiman - Concentric Media
*Note: Special Spanish
Language Version Available
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