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"Through these and other images assembled by writer, director, and co-producer Gail Singer with co-producer Signe Johansson [...], the fact that women have had, are now having, will continue to have abortions, no matter what the consequences, takes on a stunning new reality. The common thread running through these often tragic stories is that men, from popes to politicians, decide whether women will be allowed legal birth control and abortion, or be driven to back streets and questionable procedures. Although this emphasis on women's lack of control over their own bodies is as disheartening as it is true, Abortion: Stories from North and South is ultimately an essential film because it introduces us to a new range of experiences of women who share an intimate dilemma."
-- Kathryn Jankowski

Source:
Jankowski, Kathryn. "Faces of an intimate dilemma." Review of Abortion: Stories from North and South. Ms., August 1985. (p. 74)