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Shame, Lies & Family - The abortion raid

Shame, Lies & Family - The abortion raid

FromSecrets We Keep


Shame, Lies & Family - The abortion raid

FromSecrets We Keep

ratings:
Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Sep 25, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In researching the series, Amelia Oberhardt heard a shocking story about a Queensland abortion raid that showed another side of how women were treated in Australia’s not too distant past.  
Amelia finds out more about the options women had when faced with an unplanned pregnancy, the road to legalising abortion, and what happened one Monday morning in May 1985. 

Featured:  

Caroline de Costa – Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the College of Medicine at James Cook University
Lorraine Smit – former counsellor and assistant, Children by Choice 
Judy Petroeschevsky – former counsellor, educator and co-ordinator, Children by Choice
David Grunmann – Queensland surgeon 
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Released:
Sep 25, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (21)

Each season, Secrets We Keep investigates a different Australian secret.   Shame Lies & Family: A mystery photo of Amelia Oberhardt’s mum exposes the practice of shotgun marriages, forced adoption, and quiet abortions carried out in Australia until the 1980s   Nest of Traitors: Joey Watson is pulled into the world of espionage, attempting to track down an Australian spy who turned to work for the enemy during the Cold War