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Speak Out: I Had an Abortion

Each year 1.3 million women get abortions in the U.S. alone. For most it is a secret. The debate itself is loud and paralyzing while the voices of the women who get abortions are submerged. "Speak Out: I Had an Abortion," directed by Gillian Aldrich and co-produced by Aldrich and Jennifer Baumgardner, documents the stories of 11 women ranging in age from 21 to 85. The film cuts across race, religion, region, class, sexuality, and politics-demonstrating the ways that abortion affects all women.

In "Speak Out," you meet 11 women, including Florence Rice, 86, who had an abortion in Harlem; Gloria Steinem, the famous feminist who didn't join the movement until she covered an abortion speak-out as a journalist and finally faced the procedure she had a decade earlier; and Robin Ringleka-Kottke, who found herself pregnant as an 18-year-old pro-life Catholic. "Speak Out: I Had an Abortion" gets beyond the headlines and talking heads to show that women who have had abortions are our grandmothers, our friends, our mothers, our sisters and ourselves.

When: July 2nd 7pm
Where: Pioneer Theater
155 E. 3rd Street at Ave A

For more information, call Mandy at 917.337.0443 or email
mandy@altarmagazine.com

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http://www.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=31272