de Larminat, Aliette

The State-Imposed Social Interview before Abortion - 2013.


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From 1975 to 2001 the law required women seeking an abortion to have a preliminary interview. This article is a tough testimony to the content of the interviews, the intensity of those who lived it, the ability of each woman to put words on a painful personal or family situation, thus illuminating the crucial moment between life and death.