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The Network: Saint-o-tec

Jun 5, 2025 · 41 min · Season 24 · Episode 1 · 39.5 MB
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In the mid-1980s, an OBGYN in Brazil noticed that far fewer pregnant women at his hospital were dying from abortion complications. It wasn't a coincidence.

Brazilian women had made a discovery that allowed them to safely have abortions at home, despite the country's abortion restrictions. That discovery eventually spread across the globe.

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