Differences, Paradoxes and Exclusions Regarding Abortion. A Possible Interpretation of A Story of Women and Vera Drake

Abstract

This article attempts to provide insight on the different approaches of cinema to a socially controversialtopic such as abortion, and on the impact these different approaches might have on the viewer. Two filmsare analysed for this purpose: A Story of Women (1988) by Claude Chabrol and Vera Drake (2004) byMichael Leigh. Special attention has been paid to the analysis of the role of women as active agents inabortion services and their influences in the medicalization of such practices.

Keywords

• cine
• aborto
• penalización
• medicalización
• género
• mujeres.