“Abortion: Stories Women Tell” – Thoughtfully and painfully [MOVIE REVIEW]
Amie. Photo courtesy of HBO Produced by HBO, one of the high water marks of documentary filmmaking, “Abortion: Stories Women Tell” is thoughtfully and incisively directed by Tracy Droz Tragos. “Abortion: Stories Women Tell” highlights the impact the lack of medical availability has on the women of Missouri, her home state and one of four states in the nation with only one abortion clinic serving the entire state. As emphasized in this film, the goal of the conservative majority in the Missouri general assembly, who have recently enacted a 72-hour waiting period further complicating access to abortion, is to rid the state of its last remaining clinic. As it now stands, it is becoming almost impossible for a woman to terminate her pregnancy for any reason in this state. What Tragos does best, however, is tell the real life stories of the women who travel hundreds of miles to Granite City, Illinois, just over the border from St. Louis, in order to obtain the abortions they need for any one of a number of different reasons, some medical, some personal, and most heart breaking. For these women, obtaining an abortion is an expensive process necessitating taking time off from work…
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