Abortion: Beyond the Backstreet

August. 29,2018      
Rating:
5.5
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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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Reviews

Stometer
2018/08/29

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

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Maidexpl
2018/08/30

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

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Janae Milner
2018/08/31

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

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Lucia Ayala
2018/09/01

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

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