Silenced - US abortion clinics

Silenced depicts the grim reality for those who work and volunteer -- at abortion clinics. Made by an anonymous filmmaker, Silence was first screened at the Womens Medical Fund Spring Reception on May 21, 2009. The event honored abortion clinic escorts in Southeastern Pennsylvania.

The Women's Medical Fund (WMF) believes that without access to abortion services, the right to choose is meaningless. WMF provides direct financial assistance and other support to low-income women and girls in Southeastern Pennsylvania who wish to terminate a pregnancy but cannot afford a safe, legal abortion. In the state of Pennsylvania, Medicaid (health insurance for low-income people) generally does not pay for abortion. It may be shocking, but sometimes as little as $25 stands between a woman and her ability to exercise her right to choose.

To learn more about Womens Medical Fund, and the ways in which we are working to ensure access to legal health care for all women, visit us on the web: www.womensmedicalfund.org.

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[juliewashere88]

@peaceandquietx1000 I have never in my life seen or heard of even one single baby that had never been born.

[WordsSpeakOut]

This is a great piece. We need more pro-choice stories to be available ... thanks for finding a way to do it.

[peaceandquietx1000]

hhmmm, i am not a religious person, and i am bi, but i do believe in sanctity of life. so where does that leave me? not in a steriotype, but still wanting babies to be born. i see all people ( or try to ) as one human family. not separated by race, age, or socio economic or religious aspects. that is why i think babies should be born. they are vulnerable and human and deserve to live. just my two cents, but obviously not a popular opinion here. so what.

[juliewashere88]

Couldn't even work if you blurred faces and bleeped names and locations?

[juliewashere88]

This is awesome. Great job.

It really is too bad that you can't use your documentary. I think that most people don't understand what goes on outside abortion clinics. People don't understand the harassment that women face for their choices; it's an undue burden.

It's a shame that the state of things is so bad that you can't even screen a movie detailing the hard work good people do to protect reproductive freedom from the antis without putting those same people at even more risk.

[dlafga]

And what about the unborn that are silenced forever? I guess they don't count.