Abortion: Beyond the Backstreet

Abortion: Beyond the Backstreet

 

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1h 00m 2018 HD

The struggle to pass the 1967 Abortion Act and its continued ramifications to the present day. Featuring never before broadcast interviews with women who had backstreet abortions, those in the medical profession on both sides of the debate, and the politicians and campaigners who were at the forefront of the law on illegal abortion being changed.


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