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Saturday, April 24, 2004Filmmaker Julia Black is heavily pregnant - and her foetus is forcing her to address the abortion debate. In this unique documentary she takes the viewer on her personal journey to find out whether she could still be pro-choice when confronted by the reality of abortion. ...In this programme, Julia meets with people from different sides of the debate: the doctors who perform the procedures and the campaigners who believe abortion is murder. For the first time on British television, the programme shows an abortion procedure at four weeks of pregnancy, an inspection of aborted foetal remains of a seven-week pregnancy and images of a 10, 11 and 21 week aborted foetus. Most reviewers, however, found it wanting, including this one: The perception of termination of pregnancy as an 'easy option' with the collusion of the medical profession and society in general was hinted at but simply not tested or explored. This was a missed opportunity. The only telling comment for me was that of the gynaecologist performing the suction termination of pregnancy under local anaesthetic. At the end of the procedure she said to the woman on the table, 'How was that for you?' We didn't hear the answer. She moved into the next room and sifted through the products of conception for the film crew explaining that she wouldn't even look for limb buds until nine weeks. For some people termination of pregnancy is routine and even mundane or so it seemed. And so it is. posted by Sydney on 4/24/2004 09:03:00 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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