ISIL Freedom Network: United States > Audio and Video > Abortion, Women's Health

Dear Doctor Spencer: Abortion in a Small Town
Source: Concentric Media
Country: United States

"From the 1920s until his death in 1969, Dr. Robert Douglas Spencer...performed more than 40,000 safe, illegal abortions. After performing his first abortion in 1925 for a poor coal miner's wife (almost 50 years before Roe v. Wade's landmark decision), the doctor's reputation spread." This is his story, in video form.

When Abortion was Illegal: Untold Stories
Source: Concentric Media
Country: United States

The producers of this video state, "'When abortion was illegal: Untold Stories' illuminates this largely undocumented era, revealing the physical, emotional, and legal consequences of when abortion was a criminal act. Women speak frankly about their own experiences, some for the first time."

Audio documentary of abortion rights in US
Source: University of Albany
Country: United States

A five-segment audio adaptation of the video trilogy "From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court and Beyond" that can be downloaded for free. Thanks to Dorothy Fadiman, producer and director of the documentary.

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