Films: The Abortion Diaries, and Speak Out! I Had An Abortion February 27, 2007

In these two films, women talk honestly about their abortion experiences—breaking the silence that too often shrouds this subject.

The Abortion Diaries is a documentary featuring 12 women who speak candidly about their experiences with abortion. The women are doctors, subway workers, artists, activists, military personnel, teachers and students; they are Black, Latina, Jewish and White; they are mothers or child-free; they range in age from 19 to 54. Their stories weave together with the filmmaker's diary entries to present a compelling, moving and at times surprisingly funny "dinner party" where the audience is invited to hear what women say behind closed doors about motherhood, medical technology, sex, spirituality, love, work and their own bodies.

Underneath the din of politicians posturing about "life" and "choice," beyond activists yelling about murder and rights, there are the stories of women who have had abortions. The documentary Speak Out: I Had an Abortion features 10 women, ages 21 to 85, telling their abortion experience.

Presented by Sexual Health Access Alberta.

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