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The Controversy Over Abortion In If These Walls Could Talk

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The controversy over abortion has been going on for decades. The movie, If These Walls Could Talk, portrays how the debate has changed throughout the years. It is about three women, Claire, Barbara, and Christine, who discover they are pregnant and they have to decide whether they want to keep it or not. The setting of this movie takes place in the same house during a series of 40 years, where each women considers getting an abortion. This movie shows different and logical reasons of why a woman would want to get an abortion.
In 1952, Claire Donnelly, is a recently widowed nurse. She has an unplanned pregnancy with her brother-in-law. Her only option is to have an illegal abortion. The doctor at Claire’s work did not want to help her when
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