Interviews with women, doctors, members of the police force and an abortionist concerning the experience and issue of abortion in South Australia prior to 1970 when abortion was legalised under certain circumstances under the provisions of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act Amendment Act, 1969. Most of the interviewees are identified only by pseudonyms and the transcripts have been edited to remove names of people and places which might specifically identify the interviewees or others about whom they speak who were involved in illegal abortions.

Recorded from April to August 1990. 17 hours 35 minutes