Backroom Troubles

Backroom Troubles (1997)

January 1st, 19970h 51min

Documentary
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Women talk about the circumstances that drove them to seek illegal abortions and the often traumatic result. Interwoven with historical photographs and newsreel footage, the stories expose how the reality of women's lives were counterposed to what was socially and morally expected of them.


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