Clandestine Abortion in Chile

In this installment we will be discussing a developed country where abortion is totally illegal, Chile…which is now considering limited legal abortion – meanwhile, underground abortion on demand supports two kinds of underground economy and keeps feminists busy providing support.

Featured Speakers: Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile; Marcela Gonzalez, who had an illegal abortion about four years ago; Anita Rom n, President of Chile s School of Midwives; Maria Angelica Figueroa, midwife of the regional hospital in Concepci, Carolina and Inez, Volunteers at the Free Abortion Hotline and Members of the Lesbians and Feminists Collective of Santiago and Iquique, Chile.

Credits: Produced by Alexandra Hall. (Translation readers’ names to come.) Series Producer, Frieda Werden.


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