Women's Things

45min

Documentary

Drama

A young sociology student has an unintended pregnancy and is subjected to the terrible humiliation of an incompetent doctor. The girl falls ill from the poorly performed abortion and is taken by a friend to the General Hospital. Film that reports clandestine abortion in Mexico, with interviews with women who have had abortions in that hospital and shocking maternal death statistics from procedures carried out under unsafe conditions.

Production Companies

Colectivo Cine Mujer

Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos (CUEC)

Release date

1st Jan 1978

Status

Released

Spoken languages

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