INTERVIEWEES
No statistic can compare with hearing a personal story. The films address a number of complex areas related to the multi-dimensional topic of abortion through interviews with people whose lives have been touched by the abortion issue.  Each of these paragraphs represents a concept which is explored by the interviewees in one or more of the documentaries:

I. WHEN ABORTION WAS ILLEGAL - Untold Stories: the women, the toll
Stories of women who had first-hand experience with illegal or self-induced abortions include Diana, who performed an abortion on herself; Freddie, whose sister died from a self-induced abortion; Lana, who survived an infection from a back-alley abortion and became an activist for decriminalization, and Mary, a nurse who treated women admitted to the county hospital infected and bleeding, many of whom died. 

II. CRIMES OF COMPASSION - Doctors of Courage
Doctors who risked arrest prior to Roe v. Wade include Dr. Hodgson, who openly challenged restrictive abortion laws by performing an illegal abortion in a hospital and was arrested; Dr. Cheek, who treated women after they returned from illegal abortions in Mexico; and Dr. Boyd, who performed thousands of illegal abortions and continues to provide legal abortions today despite threats of violence. 

III. REVOLUTIONARY ACTS - The Underground: grassroots activists and clergy members
Interviews with activists before abortion became legal include Reverend Howard Moody, the founder of the Clergy Consultation Service which helped women find safe illegal abortions; Jody and Ruth, founding members of JANE - an underground service of non-medical people who performed thousands of safe abortions in apartments; and Patricia Maginnis, who escorted women to Mexico to help them find relatively safe abortions, and became the first vocal abortion-rights activist in the United States. 

IV. FROM DANGER TO DIGNITY - Bills, Lawsuits, and Democratic Dissidents 
Attorneys from whom we hear include Sarah Weddington, who successfully argued the case of Roe v. Wade before the U.S. Supreme Court; legislator Constance Cook who co-authored a bill in New York state in 1969 which led to the first legislative repeal of restrictive abortion laws in the country; and George Michaels, who sacrificed his political career by changing his vote to break a tie, enabling Cook's historic bill to pass. That landmark vote set a precedent and paved the way for Roe v. Wade.

V. THE FRAGILE PROMISE OF CHOICE - The Impact of Restrictive Legislation; reports from the front lines 
Clinic directors speak about the effects of current restrictive legislation, and the challenges of coping with sit-ins, blockades, vandalism, and violence; several doctors tell their stories, one of whom was harassed by anti-abortion advocates until he quit his practice, and another who has had threats to his life, but continues to provide abortions wearing a bullet proof vest; Kate, a teen counselor speaks on the challenges presented by parental consent laws and the recurrence of self-induced abortions among teens today. We also hear from Denise, a college student whose best friend died recently from a self-induced abortion. 

VI. THE NEXT CHAPTER - Creative Solutions 
Activists include the founder of Medical Students for Choice, which encourages medical schools to teach the abortion procedure so that young doctors can become providers; we hear from Dorothy, a member of a community group in Montana through which both pro-life and pro-choice forces are co-operating in response to domestic terrorism at a local clinic. Evidence of successful efforts to protect reproductive choice includes footage demonstrating citizen support for buffer zones around clinics, and the issuance of injunctions to prevent further harassment and violence.