Its hard to be a teen lesbian and go through abortion
What images do we associate with abortion and why? Where do these images and the emotional scripts in our head come from? How do they influence women who (want to) have an abortion, how do they shape the general discussion? Franzis Kabisch’s personal desktop documentary investigates these questions with great precision, clarity and humour (yes, humour, too!).
In a society where the government predicts the genetic intellectual capacity of every newborn child, a pregnant woman's fetus is rated a perfect, but unusual 10.
“No Such Right” is a snapshot of a region in crisis. In the aftermath of the stunning Dobbs v Jackson decision, doctors, lawyers, activists, and young people across Appalachia had to come to terms with what the future of their region and their rights would be. ‘No Such Right’ is our search for answers, highlighting the voices of those impacted by Dobbs and their efforts to reckon with and remedy these issues. This story is a single piece of a much larger national narrative, but it is a story that few others are in a place to tell.
Nineteen-year-old Tzalah is faced with an unwanted pregnancy, which prompts her to re-examine her co-dependent relationship with her mother, Bella.
A woman with an addiction to abortions struggles to make ends meet for her next fix.
Révolutionnaire, la pilule RU-486 a permis d'avorter sans chirurgie, mais déchaîne des passions virulentes depuis près de trente ans. Avec son inventeur, le professeur Baulieu, retour sur un combat jamais achevé. En 1982, le médecin chercheur Étienne-Émile Baulieu, professeur à la faculté et conseiller du laboratoire français Roussel-Uclaf, démontre l'effet d'une pilule révolutionnaire, baptisée RU-486 (initiales de la maison mère), qu'il a conçue et qui permet d'interrompre une grossesse en deçà de sept semaines sans recourir à la chirurgie. Sept ans après la légalisation de l'avortement par Simone Veil, début 1975, sa découverte cristallise la fureur de ceux qui restent opposés à l'IVG, en France comme à l'étranger, et donne lieu à une incroyable bataille, qui fait toujours rage aujourd'hui.
Three women intimately share how they faced the world and their own family when deciding to terminate a pregnancy.
A documentary about abortion and single mothers.
Amidst the debate over the right to abortion, the politicians have opposing views. Mario Macondo has his doubts about the project and the sad ending of the unborn zygotes.
The pro-life movement has been around as long as Roe V Wade, who are they, what do they do? Are they effective? This documentary goes into the deep underpinnings of major national lobbyist groups to find out why after 46 years Babies Are Still Murdered Here?
Short documentary about three women who had abortions.
This film is made up of interviews from preteens to adults discussing their thoughts and feelings on sex, relationships, and parenting in relation to teen pregnancy.
During an abortion, 17-year-old Yang gives birth to a live jellyfish in her bathroom.
Some Things Are Hard To Talk About is a personal documentary about the secrets of abortions in my family over three generations. After I had an abortion I find out that both my mother and my grandmother secretly had abortions. An intricate story of family history, choices and resulting effects uncovers.
Documentary about the practice of abortion in France in the early seventies, at a time when it was still illegal.
Teenage brother and sister Jim and Sonia Peterson navigate tough times in high school when Jim befriends a young man who turns out to be a bad influence.
En France, une femme sur trois avorte au cours de sa vie. Une dizaine d’entre elles témoignent face caméra dans des jardins publics. Elles n’ont aucun point commun sinon d’avoir vécu l’expérience de l’avortement après le vote de la loi autorisant l’IVG, en France, en 1975, et d’assumer leur choix.