Our Bodies Our Doctors

Directed by: Jan Haaken Released: 2019 (educational) Year of Production: 2018 Running Time: 80 min Language: English Subtitle Options: English Closed Captions Subjects: Feminism, Physical and Mental Health      Four Cities. Three Generations. A Quiet Rebellion “Our Bodies Our Doctors” tells the story of a rebellion in the field of medicine as a cohort of physicians faces abortion stigma within their own profession and confronts religious control over health care decisions. Their fight takes them into a larger struggle over the heart and soul of American medicine. It was not very long after the passage of Roe v Wade in 1973 that abortion clinics and doctors came under attack by anti-abortion activists. With clinic bombings, death threats, and harassment targeting providers and their families, it appeared by the 1990s that few doctors were willing to provide this service. But beneath the surface, a quiet rebellion was taking place in the field of medicine. A number o