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Hilda Matthews

The woman who survived three back street abortions before the 1967 act that made terminations legal

To mark the 50th anniversary of the legalisation of abortion, 5 live’s Emma Barnett speaks to 77 year old Hilda Matthews. She fell pregnant in her 20s when abortion was banned. She was one of thousands of women who decided her only option was an illegal backstreet abortion. In total she survived three of them.

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