Abortion stories - today we hear from Amanda.
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2019
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Earlier in the year we asked ‘have you had an abortion? How did you feel about it then and how do you feel about it now? We’re featuring five of your stories on the programme over the next couple of weeks. Today it’s the turn of a woman , who’s in her 60’s, who we’re calling Amanda. She became pregnant aged 21 in the early 1970s, while she was on holiday with her boyfriend.
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| 1:13.0 | Good morning. You might have heard the headlines or seen some of them today. Is it true? Is the cervical smear test on the way out? |
| 1:20.0 | Also today, more from our abortion series, listeners telling us why they had an abortion, how they felt at the time, and how they view it now. Today you can hear a powerful account from Amanda who got pregnant when she was 21 in the early 1970s |
| 1:36.4 | and Emily and Mark Simmons dad and daughter respectively they will talk about their |
| 1:41.8 | mental health recoveries on the program today. |
| 1:44.7 | Emily has had anorexia novosa, she's now 23 and she acknowledges she'll never be completely free of |
| 1:51.8 | it, but she's a young woman working, having a good time, |
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