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Abortion: Stories from North and South

1984

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A documentary film with the title Abortion: Stories from North and South. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. Through interviews with women from Ireland, Japan, Thailand, Peru, Colombia and Canada, the documentary examines the attitudes as well as legal and religious implications of abortion and contraception across different nations and cultures around the world.

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Catalog reference: 2017.55.93.1a

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