Backroom Troubles

Women talk about the circumstances that drove them to seek illegal abortions and the often traumatic result. Interwoven with historical photographs and newsreel footage, the stories expose how the reality of women's lives were counterposed to what was socially and morally expected of them.

Cast

Andrea Bosshard

Narrator

Jane Bennett

Narrator

Kate Harcourt

Narrator

Kathy McRae

Narrator

Sally Rodwell

Narrator