Movies and TvShows featuring "woman-dies-from-abortion" theme.

Frank and April Wheeler are a couple living in 1950s suburban Connecticut. They struggle with the monotony of their lives and their own personal issues while trying to raise their two children. April dreams of moving to Paris to escape their suburban life, but Frank is not supportive. Their relationship becomes strained as they face challenges and make decisions that ultimately lead to a tragic outcome.

If These Walls Could Talk is a movie that tells the stories of three women in different time periods, all dealing with the issue of abortion. The film explores the controversial topic with emotional depth and portrays the struggles and injustices faced by women seeking abortions.

While a major in the U.S. Army, Joe Cheever has a fling with his commanding officer's daughter that results in a pregnancy. Cheever convinces the girl to have an illegal abortion. The abortion goes wrong and the girl dies. To protect his career, Cheever implicates Captain Dennison whose life is thereby ruined. Years later, the Captain's now grown-up sister Katherine marries Army Major Alex Breen, and is stunned to learn his commanding officer is the now Colonel Cheever. She becomes obsessed with getting revenge for the sake of her dead brother.

In a small Mexican province, a young priest named Padre Amaro is faced with temptation and scandal when he falls in love with a young woman while also dealing with drug trafficking and corruption within the Church.

In This World, Then the Fireworks, a criminal conspiracy, a love triangle, and a brother-sister relationship intersect in a tale of depravity, violence, and corruption. Set in the 1950s, the story follows the twisted lives of characters caught in a web of secrets, seduction, and murder. As the plot unfolds, a journalist delves into a real estate fraud that leads to a police interrogation, suspicion, and shocking revelations. The film explores themes of incest, prostitution, and the amoral nature of its characters, resulting in a dark and gritty portrayal of a neo-noir world.

A woman's life takes a surreal turn after a series of events including a motorcycle accident, an abortion, and a mistress' guilt. She finds herself trapped in a world of passive-aggression and voyeurism.

A successful talent agent enjoys the good life until his wife leaves him. Moving in with his friend and igniting an affair with the man's wife, he also acquires a difficult new client whose public image must be preserved at any cost.

In 1960s London, a dysfunctional family hires a nanny for their disturbed child. As the mother-daughter relationship becomes strained and tensions rise, a series of murders and attempted murders unfold, leading to a shocking climax.

Moments after receiving his graduate diploma, Jacob waits at a train station. The future lies ahead, but life abruptly intervenes. Images flash in Jacob's mind: of war, injustice, assassination, protest, the entire spectrum of 1960s angst and anger - sending Jacob into a catatonic state. What follows during his bizarre rehab and its aftermath will be another form of madness.

In the newspaper he has just founded, journalist Dolannes exposes all the wheeling and dealing and scandals that go on in his town. But the day he exposes the socialist mayor's homosexual crime, he is shot dead by an unknown assailant in a cul-de-sac just before the paper is due to appear.

Drama about students at a girls' school, their boyfriends, and an unexpected pregnancy.

Set in 1990s Georgia, a talented thief finds himself torn between his criminal activities and his desire for a normal life filled with love and freedom. As he navigates through a dangerous world of crime and deception, he must confront his own fears and make difficult choices that will ultimately determine his fate.

Leona's Sister Gerri is a powerful documentary that explores the heartbreaking story of a woman named Gerri Santoro who lost her life due to an illegal abortion. This thought-provoking film sheds light on the dangers women face when abortion is outlawed and emphasizes the importance of reproductive rights and access to safe healthcare.

A woman trails her estranged husband to the Alaskan pipeline in hope of averting their impending divorce.

During a political purge, the Albanian government orders the disbanding of a military unit whose horses are also considered traitors.

There is no normal. We all wear masks. Applecart is a portmanteau film featuring stories dealing with the perversions, shame, rage, and secrets we all keep hidden. Applecart is presented to you as an experimental silent film with a unique sound design and stunning black and white cinematography. It is graphic, transgressive, and honest.

Dr. Holk leads an isolated and lonely existence in a small, Dutch colony in the tropics. Having fled from love and civilization, his only companions now are alcohol and his work, which takes him to villages ravaged by dirt, fever and a strange illness which turns innocent people into madmen: Amok. One day, he is called on by Helene Haviland, who asks him to abort her lover's child before her husband returns from abroad. Even though Holk is enchanted by her seductive beauty, he haughtily refuses her request. Rejected, the woman turns to a Chinese practitioner. When Holk tracks her down in a dirty dive, it's already too late for the two of them.

Lillian Stevens was raised without care, attention, or education on the ways of the world. When she becomes pregnant by the reckless Harold Winthrop, her mother takes her to an abortionist. Harold then falls for Ruth Stevens, raised by an attentive and loving mother, who is not so easily taken advantage of.

A collection of first person stories which reveal the physical, emotional and legal consequences of having or providing an abortion when it was a criminal act.