‘Abortion: Stories Women Tell’ Gives a Seldom-Heard Side of the Story (Audio)
Instead of focusing on the debate, the documentary offers a personal look at the lives of the women impacted at one provider, the Hope Clinic in Granite City, Ill. Instead of focusing on the debate, the documentary offers a personal look at the lives of the women impacted at one provider, the Hope Clinic in Granite City, Ill.
A still from “Abortion: Stories Women Tell.”
Abortion remains one of the most polarizing issues in America today. In a new documentary called “Abortion: Stories Women Tell,” award-winning director Tracy Droz Tragos shines a different light on the contentious topic.
Instead of focusing on the debate, the film opens an intimate window on the lives of women who seek an abortion — as well as on the providers of their medical care and the activists on both sides of the issue hoping to sway decisions and lives — at the Hope Clinic in Granite City, Ill.
Droz Tragos and Josh Scheer discussed the film on “The Josh Scheer Show“:
—Posted by Eric Ortiz
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