Backroom Troubles (1997)
• January 1st, 1997 • 0h 51min
Documentary
Overview
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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