Backroom Troubles
19970h 51mDocumentary
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.
Cast
A
Andrea Bosshard
Narrator
J
Jane Bennett
Narrator
Kate Harcourt
Narrator
K
Kathy McRae
Narrator
S
Sally Rodwell
Narrator
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