
"Il suffit d'écouter les femmes": these famous words were pronounced by Simone Veil when she defended her law on abortion, in 1974, before the National Assembly. For the first time, women who have used a clandestine abortion in France before 1975 evoke their painful, release or traumatic experience. These moving testimonies make it possible to discover the incredible diversity of the means employed, the dangers incurred, the participation of children, the role of men, that of doctors, sometimes even the violence committed on women.

as Narratrice

as Anne

as Maguy

as Yvelise

as Michelle

as Marie-France

as Christine (1)

as Pierre

as Denise (1)

as Suzanne

as Colette

as Olivier

as Catherine

as Antonio

as Christine (2)

as Huguette

as Jocelyne

as Denise (2)

as Tifffany

as Patricia

as Françoise

as Annie Ernaux

as Christiane