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Woman's Hour

Karen Krizanovich and Heidi Ellert-McDermott on the Oscars, new Paula Yates documentary, abortion rights in the US

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

As a new Channel 4 documentary is released, Nuala McGovern hears more about her life from director Charlie Russell. Who were the female winners at the Academy Awards last night? What were the surprises and omissions? Who gave the best acceptance speeches? We talk to the film critic Karen Krizanovich and speech writer Heidi Ellert-McDermott. Five women who say they were denied abortions despite risks to their lives are suing the State of Texas. In June last year the US supreme court overturned Roe v. Wade, the law that had made abortion a constitutional right for Americans for nearly half a century. Since the court’s ruling, a dozen states have made abortion illegal and many others have restricted it. We talk to the BBC’s reporter in Washington Holly Honderich about this issue and also hear the latest on the fallout over access to a widely use abortion pill which is becoming increasingly difficult to get. And women in Berlin will soon be allowed to swim topless in public pools after a ruling by the city’s authorities. Will it catch on elsewhere? Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Manager: Michael Milham.

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0:00.0

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0:04.4

Hello, this is Nulam Agavren and you're listening to the Woman's Hour podcast.

0:10.7

Good morning and welcome to the program.

0:13.0

Well, the Oscar ceremony is over that the after parties I think are still going and one

0:18.4

person who no doubt is celebrating and will be for the foreseeable future is Michelle

0:24.1

Yo.

0:25.1

She won the award for Best Actress that was for her role in everything, everywhere, all

0:28.8

at once and she said the award was a beacon of hope and possibilities for all the little

0:33.6

boys and girls that look like her.

0:35.7

She is the first Asian woman to win that golden statue and winning at 60 years of age.

0:41.9

She also had this to say to the women.

0:44.4

And ladies, don't let anybody tell you you are ever past your prime.

0:49.0

You never give up.

0:52.0

So what about that?

0:56.3

Has anyone ever told you that?

0:58.4

Have you pushed on through or thrown in the towel?

1:01.7

I want to know, do you feel in your prime?

1:04.9

And when do you think your prime is?

1:07.8

I don't have the answers, but maybe you do.

1:10.2

You may have seen the Jamie Lee Curtis.

1:11.9

She also won Best Supporting Actress.

1:13.8

That's at the age of 64.

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