Tracy Droz Tragos 's ABORTION: STORIES WOMEN TELL Debuts on HBO 4/3

In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade recognized the right of every woman in the United States to have an abortion. Since 2011, more than half the states in the nation have significantly restricted access to abortions. In 2016, abortion remains one of the most divisive issues in America, especially in Missouri, where only one abortion clinic remains open, patients and their doctors must navigate a 72-hour waiting period, and each year sees more restrictions.

Award-winning director and Missouri native Tracy Droz Tragos sheds new light on the contentious issue, with a focus not on the debate, but rather on the women themselves: those struggling with unplanned pregnancies, and the providers who show up at clinics to give medical care, as well as the activists on both sides of the issue, hoping to sway decisions and lives.

ABORTION: STORIES WOMEN TELL offers an intimate window into the lives of these women through their stories, which come to life brilliantly, through the gentle and respectful approach by the filmmaker and her team. Some are heartbreaking and tender, some are bleak and frightening. Some women, on both sides of the issue, find the choice easy to make due to their own circumstances and beliefs, while others simply inform us of the strength and capacity of women to overcome and persevere through complicated and unexpected circumstances.

ABORTION: STORIES WOMEN TELL presents a candid dialogue about one of the timeliest issues facing America today.

HBO Documentary Films has been committed to covering this important issue for the last 25 years with its previous documentaries, Abortion: Desperate Choices and 12th & Delaware, and most recently with its upcoming, critically acclaimed documentary, Abortion: Stories Women Tell, which premieres on April 3rd on HBO.

www.storieswomentell.com