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Title The Choice / Director: Parham, Don
Published Australia : SBS ONE, 2006
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Summary Abortion has been available in Australia since the early 1970s and several generations of women have freely accessed abortion in that time. And yet it seems that talking openly about it remains one of the last taboos. This program attempts to break through that barrier and, in doing so, contribute to the ongoing debate that continues to surround this highly contentious issue.Director, Don Parham has built the narrative of The Choice around six stories with people from diverse backgrounds and various ages. Natalie is 30 and works in HR. She talks about the abortion she had in her early 20s when she was working as a political advisor. "There were nights where I'd just cry in amazement and then, half an hour later, I was crying because I couldn't find a way where I thought I could keep the child and everything would be great." Pauline is 61, a nurse who has three children and nine grandchildren. She talks about the two abortions she had during her 30 year relationship and marriage to Ron. "I have no guilt about the terminations I've had. They were done for a reason... I did it for me, I did it for the man I loved, and for the last one I had, I did it so that our three children wouldn't be burdened again with another brother or sister." Ruth is 29 and currently works as a receptionist. Although her parents were involved in the Right to Life movement, she had two abortions in her early 20s while at uni. "On one hand I'd grown up being aware of the kind of view that abortion is wrong, or the right to life type of view... All of those sort of things sort of confused me a bit, because I thought 'hang on, am I going to ... finish my studies and do all those things ... So there was a tension there in that." Catarina, the daughter of Dutch migrants, is a 45-year-old librarian who talks about the abortion she had after she became engaged. "I would probably resent the child and the last thing I needed to do was to resent a child as well, it wasn't fair on a child to bring it into that situation, and I wanted it to have both parents, and I wasn't feeling sure that it would have both parents." Hiroko is a 27-year-old Japanese-Australian who works as a trainer in the hospitality industry. She talks about the two abortions she had in her early 20s. "I chose to go through a lot of different experiences with men to, I guess, define what receiving love meant, how I could receive love, what kind of love was I worthy of receiving and vice versa, what kind of love was I worthy of giving."The Choice also brings men into the discussion. The sixth character is Firak who is 40 and runs a restaurant. Firak talks about the relationship he had in his early 20s in which his partner had several abortions. "We probably wanted to have this child, but I really very strongly felt like I wasn't ready for it. That overrode any other sort of considerations at that time."These people share their most intimate thoughts about what it was like to be suddenly confronted with an unwanted or unplanned pregnancy. Their stories reveal the varied and complex circumstances in which people struggle to work through their options and make, what is, for most, a difficult choice.The Choice is a Parham Media Productions and was developed with the assistance of Film Victoria Australia, produced in association with SBS Independent. Financed by Australia Film Finance Corporation. . (Commissioned by SBS Independent, in English)
Event Broadcast 2010-02-15 at 13:30:00
Notes Classification: PG
Subject Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Abortion -- Social aspects.
Man-woman relationships.
Married women -- Psychology.
Parenting -- Psychological aspects.
Australia.
Form Streaming video
Author Parham, Don, director