Abortion: Desperate Choices

Synopsis

An intensely personal exploration of an explosive issue -- abortion in America. Wrenching first-person narratives from seven decades of women, each one facing an unplanned pregnancy -- and the dreadful decision that no one wants to make. Both pro-life and pro-choice, both out front on the picket line and inside the clinic, these women's stories turn politics into heart-searing drama: a pregnant 17-year-old and her pro-life mother whose conflict unfolds in front of the camera; a 22-year-old who became a pro-life protester when she learned that her mother nearly aborted her; an unhappy mother-of-two who's expecting a third when her marriage suddenly hits the rocks; a 71-year-old grandmother who still grieves for her mother, an early victim of illegal abortion. In this fusion of past and present, the history of abortion is the history of women -- told at a time in America when yesterday's back-alley abortions may be the only choice left for tomorrow.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Editing	Editor	Deborah Dickson
	Assistant Editor	Sakae Ishikawa
Production	Producer	Deborah Dickson Albert Maysles Susan Froemke
	Researcher	Martha Wollner
	Co-Producer	Nell Archer
	Executive Producer	Sheila Nevins
Directing	Director	Albert Maysles Deborah Dickson Susan Froemke
Camera	Assistant Camera	James D. Cooper John Romeo
	Director of Photography	Albert Maysles Susan Froemke
Sound	Music	Wendy Blackstone
	Sound	Susan Froemke
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