When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories

When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories is a 1992 American short documentary film directed by Dorothy Fadiman. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.^[3][4] The film consists of first person stories which reveal the physical, emotional and legal consequences of having or providing an abortion when it was a criminal act. The film is the first of three films called the Reproductive Rights Trilogy or "From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court & Beyond."

When Abortion Is Illegal: Untold Stories
Film poster
Directed by	Dorothy Fadiman
Produced by	Danny McGuire, Beth Selzer, Daniel Myers, KTEH, and Dorothy Fadiman
Narrated by	Dorothy Fadiman
Music by	Erika Luckett
Production company	Concentric Media
Distributed by	Bullfrog Films^[1]
Release date	1992 (1992)
Running time	28 minutes^[2]
Country	United States
Language	English

References

1. Coale, Kristi (August 1995). "When abortion was illegal". Progressive. 59 (8): 16. ISSN 0033-0736.
2. "When Abortion was Illegal: Untold Stories". unaff.org. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
3. "The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
4. . Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2008.

External links

• The Power of Choice Project films
• When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories at IMDb  
• The short film When Abortion Was Illegal is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
• When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories at Bullfrog Films
• Film Review from PersephoneMagazine.com, Nov 2011