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Summary:

Efforts to loosen the restrictive abortion law in Argentina may have failed but the country remains firmly divided. In the blue corner, a traditional Catholic elite who see abortion as murder. In the green corner, a rising movement of women fighting for the right to safe and legal abortion. We followed key participants on both sides of the debate in the lead-up to the most important vote in Argentina's history: the decision on whether to legalise abortion. Mariana Rodríguez Varela, known by her detractors as the Crazy Baby Lady, is the face of the Pro-Life campaign With her army of plastic foetuses, she is passionately pro-life. But the stories of women who suffered illegal abortions in horrific conditions show the horrific reality behind the pro-life rhetoric. And an undercover exposé of a fake abortion clinic secretly run by Catholic nuns reveals the pressure that women are under. As the vote nears, things get heated on both a personal and national level, as Mariana's dark family past crops up and our presenter is tear-gassed and water-cannoned by cops in an out-of-control protest.

Contributors:

D'cruz, Lucy , film director

Java Films (Firm) , distributor

Kanopy (Firm) , distributor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

Women's studies

Human rights

Latin America

Philosophy and religion

Documentary films

Genres:

Documentary films

Internet videos

Online media

System Details:

Digital format: System requirements: Adobe Flash or equivalent.

General Notes:

Streaming media.
Title from title frames.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Originally produced by Java Films in 2019.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (51 min.)) : sound

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

video file; MPEG-4; Flash

Call Numbers:

Online Video

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Kanopy: 12163848

OCLC Numbers:

1347488446

Other Control Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: kan12163848