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Producer(s): POINT DU JOUR

Length:  1x26

Format:  One-off

Original version: French

Versions available: International

Nationality: France

Year: 1995

Rights: tv worldwide

Support(s):  SD – Digital 4/3 , SD - Beta SP

Collection: WINDOW TO THE WORLD (Collection of 'reportages')

FRANCE: ANTI ABORTION COMMANDOS

Director(s): Helene RISACHER   Contact Contact   Download Print page

They break the law but receive the support of the Pope, part of the Catholic Church in France and the extreme right-wing ‘Front National’. They are the anti-abortion commandos of Dr. Xavier Dor and his movement "SOS Tout Petits" (Little Ones in Danger). They ‘occupy’ clinics where abortions are carried out, praying and singing hymns, claiming to be saving thousands of lives by their actions. Neither public opinion (condemning these actions) nor prison sentences will stop them. They proclaim that Church laws are more important than those of the State. What is their relationship with French bishops who have condemned these movements? Is the ‘Front National’ really their only political backer? Might these actions lead to violence as it has been the case in the USA ?
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