Episode 2: A labyrinth with no exit
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Namibian midwife Sylvia Hamata battles against double standards and abortion stigma in the climate which leaves many of her colleagues paralyzed with fear. Advocate Stephanie Willman Bordat shares previously untold stories of women in Morocco who have been ostracized by society and family for the impossible choices they faced. Later we find out how a human tragedy sparked a huge change in Ireland.
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