14 Jul 2017
Birthright: A War Story
Women are being jailed, physically violated and at risk of dying as a radical movement tightens its grip across America.
Abortion: Beyond the Backstreet
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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Luned Phillips Self - Narrator (voice)
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