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Lynn lives with her husband Arturo on an island off the coast of Spain. Everything looks normal except for the fact that Arturo suffers from a disease that makes him sexually impotent. Frustrated, Lynn has an affair with a local youth, and she soon discovers that she is pregnant. She needs to get rid of the baby very quickly so that Arturo doesn’t know she’s cheating on him, but abortion being illegal, she doesn’t know where to go. There is this old local woman who aborts young women, but the risk taken on life is big, as hygiene conditions are very low. There is also this strange doctor, a friend of Arturo, but he’ll agree to do the operation only if Lynn has sex with him.
A diverse, massive multi-generational group of women (mothers, grandmothers, sisters, friends, workers, lesbians, transvestites, trans and pregnant bodies.) gather outside as they wait for the Argentine legislature to resubmit and approve a bill that would legalize abortion in Argentina. This pivotal moment in the long struggle for abortion rights in that country lies at the heart of Angel Giovanni Hoyos’ documentary. From the deaths of women as a result of clandestine abortions to the court-ordered ban on the government-approved sale of the abortion drug Misoprostol, “The Road to the Law” chronicles the obstacles faced by many women in Latin America in their continuing struggle to defend their right to choose.
Documentary that delves deep into the history of abortion law, revealing the contradictory ways in which women's bodies have been used to further political and ideological agendas.
Narrated by Dr. Alveda King; Bloodmoney is a documentary film that exposes the Abortion Industry from the Pro Life perspective. This film examines abortion in America; from the inception of Planned Parenthood and the profitability of abortion clinics; to the denial of when life begins; and the devastating effects it has had on the women that have had them.