illegal abortion movies

If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
6.596 / 10

TV Movie, Drama

A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all face unplanned pregnancies. The vignettes follow...

Call Jane (2022)
6.567 / 10

Drama, History

A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women...

Women Is Losers (2021)
6.214 / 10

Drama, History

In 1960s San Francisco, bright and talented catholic school girl Celina Guerrera survives a difficult home life by following the rules. That is until...

Sanda (1990)
6.3 / 10

Drama, Romance, Family

Sanda spends all her time working in a plastic factory, raising her two small children and catering to an indifferent husband, leaving little room...

Dangerous Remedy (2012)
0 / 10

TV Movie

The ABC telemovie event Dangerous Remedy tells the fascinating story of Dr Bertram Wainer. Living and working in Melbourne in the 1960s, Dr Wainer...

Araf (2006)
3.1 / 10

Thriller, Horror

Lingui: The Sacred Bonds (2021)
6.703 / 10

Drama

On the outskirts of the capital of Chad, determined single mother Amina works tirelessly to provide for herself and her 15-year old daughter Maria....

Up the Junction (1965)
6.9 / 10

Drama, TV Movie

The lives and loves of three young working class women, set in the pubs, terraced houses and factories of Battersea, South London.

Cuerpos juzgados (2022)
0 / 10

Documentary

Alev Alev (1984)
4 / 10

Drama, Thriller

Pink Moon (2015)
4.5 / 10

Romance, Drama

In a society where heterosexuals are persecuted and abortion is forbidden, two teens are forced to hide an unintended pregnancy before their secret...

Abgetrieben (1992)
6 / 10

Drama, TV Movie

TV-movie based on the trial of Memmingen gynecologist Dr. Horst Theissen, who was sentenced for illegal abortions.

Let It Be Law (2020)
4.2 / 10

Documentary

In Argentina, a woman dies every week as the result of illegal abortions. In 2018, for the seventh time, a motion supporting legal, secure and free...

Calamus (1976)
2 / 10

Drama, Thriller

Riccardo, belonging to an upper-middle class family from Puglia, studies religion in a Swiss boarding school. He has an incomplete relationship with...

Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter (1918)
0 / 10

Drama

Memoirs of a Nun (1927)
0 / 10

Drama

Sister Angelika has the power of life or death over her former tormentor, now sick and placed in her care.

Leona's Sister Gerri (1995)
6.4 / 10

Documentary, TV Movie

Millions have seen the photograph, and no one who has seen it will ever forget it. A naked woman, dead from a botched illegal abortion, lying on a...

The Juanas (2018)
0 / 10

Documentary

This film shows the work done by the "socorristas" feminist network. Through informative talks and stories about the actions of emotional containment...