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ABORTION


Film "Abortion or welcoming life"

A documentary film written by Marie Mitterrand


Directed by Jean-Baptiste Martin



55 minutes (2004)



Coproduction with the french channel KTO TV



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FILM SUMMARY

This film addresses the state of affairs in France in 2005 concerning abortion and contraception, thirty years after the french health ministry law, the Veil Law, legalizing abortion. 

Its shows for the first time, side to side (not back to back !) a selection of "pro choice" and "pro life" contributors who all give their truth, their experiences and their feelings about abortion.

The film also explores alternative solutions women, who are in distress because of an unexpected pregnancy, may want to follow : like staying in a special birth center during the pregnancy, or giving the child to adoption at the birth.


WITH THE INTERVIEWS OF :
 
* Martin Winckler,  doctor, abortion practitioner, contraception specialist and bestseller novel writer.

* Alain Terrenoire, french deputy.

* Maïté Albagly, from the pro choice association "Mouvement Français pour le Planning Familial" ;

* French catholic Bishop Philippe Barbarin;

* French lawyer Jacques Vergès ;

* Doctor Marie-Laure Brival in charge of abortion and contraception in a private maternity hospital

* Gynaecologists, abortion practitioners, working in an public hospital ;

* Testimonys of women or couple after an abortion : Virginie, Sophie, Christophe and Sonia, Sabine ;

* College students speaking about their perception of abortion;

* The "Samarie" Mother and Infant Welfare Centre, with two young mothers Ella and Aurore and their babies

* The post-abortion support groups "Agapa" and "Mère de Miséricorde" ;

* The Baby Centre "Les Nids de Paris" with a baby waiting for adoption.


Testimony of Virginie after her abortion


Doctor Martin Winckler, abortion practitioner and contraception specialist


Ella and Aurore, young mothers with their babies at the "Samarie" Mother and Infant Welfare Centre


The famous lawyer Jacques Vergès

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