Katherine was successful in her career, and in-demand - until she got pregnant.
After she was denied an abortion, her baby’s father disappeared. The job recruiters surrounding her scattered into the wind as she realized she held a job she couldn’t maintain in motherhood. She navigated death, hardship, discrimination, objectification, legislation, and love as she built new foundations for herself and her baby.
“Turnaway” is a term for women who have been denied an abortion. A recent study shows that women who are denied abortion when they need it are far more likely to fall below the poverty line, suffer from anxiety, depression, stress, and other physical ailments, lose their full-time job, or remain (legally) tied to an abusive partner. In denying women a right to choose, legislators are dooming them to a lower quality of life than to which they are entitled.
Over 40% of the babies in the U.S. today are born to single women who are frequently viewed as a burden on a system which did not allow them a right to choose in the first place. More than half the women in the U.S. will have experienced an unintended pregnancy by the age of 45; how many will have access to Choice? The issue of female fertility rights is very real.
Turnaway is a story of one woman’s endurance within a system which denied her rights, but also examines our culture and the laws which claim to protect women – and often fail. While full of loss and hardship, Turnaway offers a hard look at what women must do in the absence of choice to survive. It is a tale of hope, strength, and endurance. It is a startling look at womanhood, pregnancy, and single motherhood from a social and legislative perspective and begs the question "Do we really have choice?"
After she was denied an abortion, her baby’s father disappeared. The job recruiters surrounding her scattered into the wind as she realized she held a job she couldn’t maintain in motherhood. She navigated death, hardship, discrimination, objectification, legislation, and love as she built new foundations for herself and her baby.
“Turnaway” is a term for women who have been denied an abortion. A recent study shows that women who are denied abortion when they need it are far more likely to fall below the poverty line, suffer from anxiety, depression, stress, and other physical ailments, lose their full-time job, or remain (legally) tied to an abusive partner. In denying women a right to choose, legislators are dooming them to a lower quality of life than to which they are entitled.
Over 40% of the babies in the U.S. today are born to single women who are frequently viewed as a burden on a system which did not allow them a right to choose in the first place. More than half the women in the U.S. will have experienced an unintended pregnancy by the age of 45; how many will have access to Choice? The issue of female fertility rights is very real.
Turnaway is a story of one woman’s endurance within a system which denied her rights, but also examines our culture and the laws which claim to protect women – and often fail. While full of loss and hardship, Turnaway offers a hard look at what women must do in the absence of choice to survive. It is a tale of hope, strength, and endurance. It is a startling look at womanhood, pregnancy, and single motherhood from a social and legislative perspective and begs the question "Do we really have choice?"
