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Catalogue Number: NFB524237
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Signe Johansson, Gail Singer, Kathleen Shannon
Directors: Gail Singer
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Documentary, Global Studies, Health and Medicine, Social Issues, Social Studies, Women's Studies, World History
Language: French
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1984
Running Time: 54:50
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L'Avortement - Histoire secrète - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB524237
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Signe Johansson, Gail Singer, Kathleen Shannon
Directors: Gail Singer
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Documentary, Global Studies, Health and Medicine, Social Issues, Social Studies, Women's Studies, World History
Language: French
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1984
Running Time: 54:50
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Women have always sought ways to terminate unwanted pregnancies, despite powerful patriarchal structures and systems working against them. This film provides a historical overview of how church, state and the medical establishment have determined policies concerning abortion. From this cross-cultural survey--filmed in Ireland, Japan, Thailand, Peru, Colombia, and Canada--emerges one reality: only a small percentage of the world's women has access to safe, legal operations.