The Fragile Promise of Choice: Abortion in the United States Today (1996)

Original title

The Fragile Promise of Choice

Directed by

Dorothy Fadiman

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

57 min

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary from 1996 looks at the state of abortion rights and access in the United States 23 years after Roe v. Wade. It mixes interviews with abortion providers and news footage to show the ongoing challenges and debates around the issue.

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What happens

The Fragile Promise of Choice: Abortion in the United States Today is a documentary film by Dorothy Fadiman which examines abortion rights and access in the U.S. in 1996 which was 23 years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade. Fadiman narrated the film which featured interviews with abortion care providers and news clips, including one of Dr. George Tiller. It is the last of three films called the Trilogy on Reproductive Rights or the From the Back-Alleys to the Supreme Court & Beyond Trilogy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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