When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories (1992)
- Directed by
- Dorothy Fadiman
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 28 min
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Women and healthcare providers tell firsthand accounts of what it was like to get or assist with abortions before they were legal in the United States. The film focuses on the physical, emotional, and social costs they faced under those laws.
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What happens
When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories is a 1992 American short documentary film directed by Dorothy Fadiman. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. The film consists of first person stories which reveal the physical, emotional and legal consequences of having or providing an abortion when it was a criminal act. The film is the first of three films called the Reproductive Rights Trilogy or "From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court & Beyond." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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