Media Release

For Immediate Release April 6, 2007
For more information contact Karen Kubby at (319) 337-2112 or (800) 848-7684
 

Abortion Film Screening and
Conversation at Kirkwood Community College

The Emma Goldman Clinic is hosting a film screening and conversation about abortion at the Iowa City campus of Kirkwood Community College on Wednesday, April 11 from 3-5pm in Room 263.  Penny Lane’s film The Abortion Diaries will be viewed, followed by a discussion about the film.  People will be invited to share their own experiences with pregnancy option decisions in a non-judgmental, supportive environment.  Refreshments will be served.

The Abortion Diaries is a documentary featuring 12 women who speak candidly about their experiences with abortion. The women are doctors, subway workers, artists, activists, military personnel, teachers and students; they are Black, Latina, Jewish and White; they are mothers or child-free; they range in age from 19 to 54. Their stories weave together with the filmmaker's diary entries to present a compelling, moving and at times surprisingly humorous "dinner party" where the audience is invited to hear what women say behind closed doors about motherhood, medical technology, sex, spirituality, love, work and their own bodies.

Audience Award, New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival
Choice USA "Spirit of Communication" Award
Best Documentary (Student), Carolina Film/Video Festival

“This film is a great way to initiate conversation about individual experiences with abortion,” said Karen Kubby, Executive Director of the Emma Goldman Clinic.  “Silence about our abortion experiences comes from the social stigma surrounding abortion.  We forget how much of a shared experience abortion is and these kinds of conversations can remind people that they are not alone.”

For more information about this event, contact Kim at (319) 337-2112.

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