Fall 2023 / Section 02 (Fall 2023) ·

Flying Under the Radar

by Marianna LoRusso

A women’s march from the 1970s protests for safe and legal abortions, among other goals.

This podcast examines the similarities and differences between 1971-72 and the present day in terms of the options that are available for pursuing legal abortions in a world without Roe v. Wade. The podcast discusses a committee from the Pioneer Valley that worked in the early 70s to send women from Massachusetts to New York, where abortion was legal, and the options and struggles that women face today in their own search for legal abortion healthcare.

An internal record from the Abortion and Birth Control Committee showing how many women had gotten abortions through their service.
Correspondence from a woman in the Pregnancy Counseling Service in Boston, voicing her complaints about two clinics.
The Abortion and Birth Control Committee’s information sheet on the Eastern Women’s Center

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