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Summary:

NO MÁS BEBÉS tells the story of Mexican immigrant mothers who sued doctors, the state, and the U.S. government after they were sterilized while giving birth at Los Angeles County General Hospital during the 1970s. Alongside an intrepid, 26-year-old Chicana lawyer and armed with hospital records secretly gathered by a whistle-blowing young doctor, these mothers stood up to powerful institutions in the name of justice. Their landmark 1975 civil rights lawsuit, Madrigal v. Quilligan, asserted that a woman's right to bear a child is guaranteed under the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade. This film lifts up the significant contribution of Chicana activists who sought to redefine reproductive politics - not only as the right to abortion, but also the human right to bear a child. Their demand that the needs of poor women and women of color be heard resonates powerfully, as women's reproductive choice is under attack and the reproductive justice movement struggles to ensure that all women have a voice in the debate.

Contributors:

Tajima-Pena, Renee , film director, film producer

Espino, Virginia , film producer

Hurtado, Maria , on-screen participant

Hermosillo, Consuelo , on-screen participant

Hernández, Antonia , on-screen participant

Rosenfeld, Bernard , on-screen participant

Moon Canyon Films , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Good Docs (Firm) , distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/dst

Languages:

Spanish
English

Language Notes:

In Spanish and English with English subtitles; closed captioning available.

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: No more babies

Subjects:

Sterilization of women — Law and legislation — California — Los Angeles County

Involuntary sterilization — Law and legislation — California — Los Angeles County

Reproductive rights — United States

Women's rights — United States

Mexican American women — California — Los Angeles

Sterilization of women — Law and legislation

Sterilization of women

Involuntary sterilization — Law and legislation

Involuntary sterilization

Reproductive rights

Women's rights

Mexican American women

California — Los Angeles County

United States

California — Los Angeles

Genres:

Internet videos

Documentary films

Nonfiction films

Feature films

Online media

System Details:

Digital format: System requirements: Adobe Flash or equivalent.

Performers:

Maria Hurtado, Consuelo Hermosillo, Antonia Hernandez, Bernard Rosenfeld.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Claudio Rocha ; editor, Johanna Demetrakas ; original music, Bronwen Jones.

General Notes:

Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Originally produced by: Moon Canyon Films, Renee Tajima-Peña, Virginia Espino, ©2015.
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed October 01, 2021).
Public performance rights included.
Institutional Streaming Licenses permit screening on the Unified Campus to a group only when no admission is charged and there is no advertising outside the learning community.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 19 min.)) : sound, color

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Docuseek2: gd-nmb

OCLC Numbers:

1276815102

Other Control Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: doc00002090