Abortion Docs

SDFF Film About Abortion, Women’s Health and Bodily Autonomy

As you no doubt already know, the  U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, suspending legal access to vital reproductive health care for woman across the United States and effectively curtailing women’s rights to self-determination and bodily autonomy. In hopes of providing some educational resources that can lend context and dimension to the […]

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2020’s “Personhood: Policing Pregnant Women In America” Gives Context to Recent Texas Abortion Ban

SDFF 2020 Selection Gives Insight Into Increasing Restrictions on Women’s Bodily Autonomy, Self-Determination, Citizenship The recent Texas abortion ban granting private citizens the right to report/penalize anyone aiding or abetting a woman seeking an abortion after just 6 weeks of pregnancy, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to let the law stand, are the most

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SDFF Alum Wins AFI Grand Jury Short ‘Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa’ as Supreme Court Passes New Women’s Health Restrictions

Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa by SDFF alums Barbara and Mike Attie and Janet Goldwater won the AFI Docs 2020 Grand Jury Short Award  and is shortlisted in IDA’s Best Short category. This documents an abortion helpline in Philadelphia, through which counselors field urgent calls from who people seek to end a pregnancy, but can’t afford

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