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OSCAR–nominated
WHEN ABORTION WAS ILLEGAL
Untold Stories

WHEN ABORTION WAS ILLEGAL - Untold Stories illuminates a largely undocumented era, from the end of the mid-19th century through the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision in 1973. This Academy Award-nominated film features compelling first-person accounts, which reveal the physical, legal, and emotional consequences during the era when abortion was a criminal act. Until recently, the era of illegal abortion had been a "sealed chapter" in U.S. women's history.

EMMY-winning
From DANGER to DIGNITY:
The Fight For Safe Abortion

Even though most abortions were illegal in the United States before 1973, they were still available. The outcome, however, often depended on a woman's financial situation. Many women who sought abortions risked their lives by going to practitioners who had little or no medical training. Hospital wards were filled with victims of unsafe procedures. Some skilled physicians agreed to terminate pregnancies for their wealthy private patients, charging thousands of dollars. A small number of individuals - doctors, midwives, nurses, and others, provided relatively safe, low-cost, humane but still illegal care.