The following is a five-segment audio adaptation of the video trilogy titled FROM THE BACK ALLEYS TO THE SUPREME COURT & BEYOND. We have received the permission of the producer/director to install all five audio programs on our WWW site for use by students, faculty, and the general public. Our thanks to Dorothy Fadiman, producer and director of the documentary. Our thanks, too, to Frieda Werden of WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service, who adapted the documentary to radio. For more information about WINGS, click here: Women's International News Gathering Service.

Note, that the audio files were optimized for various connection speeds. Generally, if you have at least a 28.8 Kbps speed modem and the most recent version of RealPlayer (currently the G2 player), you will have no problems listening to program content. Click here to obtain free RealNetworks' RealPlayer software: RealNetworks.]
All segments are approximately half-an-hour long.

WHEN ABORTION WAS ILLEGAL: UNTOLD STORIES. (Episode 1 of FROM THE BACK-ALLEYS TO THE SUPREME COURT & BEYOND)
Originally Produced with KTEH-TV. Producer/Director: Dorothy Fadiman. Assistant Producer/Camera/Editing: Daniel Meyers.

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When Abortion Was Illegal -- Part 1 of "From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court & Beyond.
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When Abortion Was Illegal -- Part 1 of "From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court and Beyond."
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When Abortion Was Illegal -- Part 1 of "From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court & Beyond."

FROM DANGER TO DIGNITY: THE FIGHT FOR SAFE ABORTIONS, part 1. This is episode two of the audio version of FROM THE BACK-ALLEYS TO THE SUPREME COURT & BEYOND. This episode looks at the development of underground networks for safe abortion and activists who worked to change the laws restricting abortion.

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From Danger to Dignity (1) -- Part 2 of "From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court & Beyond.
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From Danger to Dignity (1) -- Part 2 of "From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court and Beyond."
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From Danger to Dignity (1) -- Part 2 of "From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court & Beyond."

FROM DANGER TO DIGNITY: THE FIGHT FOR SAFE ABORTION, part 2. This is episode three of the audio version of FROM THE BACK-ALLEYS TO THE SUPREME COURT & BEYOND. This episode continues to examine activists who worked to change the laws restricting abortion.

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From Danger to Dignity (2) -- Part 3 of "From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court & Beyond.
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From Danger to Dignity (2) -- Part 3 of "From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court and Beyond."
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From Danger to Dignity (2) -- Part 3 of "From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court & Beyond."

THE FRAGILE PROMISE OF CHOICE: ABORTION IN THE U.S. TODAY, part 1. This is episode four of the audio version of FROM THE BACK-ALLEYS TO THE SUPREME COURT & BEYOND. It explores how restrictive legislation, cutbacks in funding, and sieges of harassment and violence erode reproductive freedom.

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The Fragile Promise of Choice (1) -- Part 4 of "From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court & Beyond.
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The Fragile Promise of Choice (1) -- Part 4 of "From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court and Beyond."
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The Fragile Promise of Choice (1) -- Part 4 of "From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court & Beyond."

THE FRAGILE PROMISE OF CHOICE: ABORTION IN THE U.S. TODAY, part 2. This is episode five of the audio version of FROM THE BACK-ALLEYS TO THE SUPREME COURT & BEYOND. It continues the exploration of how restrictive legislation, cutbacks in funding, and sieges of harassment and violence erode reproductive freedom.

LOW FIDELITY AUDIO FILE (For slow modem connections, 16 Kb/sec. streaming):
The Fragile Promise of Choice (2) -- Part 5 of "From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court & Beyond.
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The Fragile Promise of Choice (1) -- Part 5 of "From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court and Beyond."
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The Fragile Promise of Choice (1) -- Part 5 of "From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court & Beyond."

March 10, 1999

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