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World Service,16 Jul 2022,49 mins

Stories from the abortion fight frontline

The History Hour

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Stories from around the world on women's reproductive rights. Women fighting both sides of the abortion debate as well as the first Muslim country to legalise abortion. Also, the development of the Pill and why Japan took so long to make it legal for women. (Image: Speakers from Tunisia Women's Union at an event. Credit: Saida El Gueyed)

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