Vera Drake
Movie • 2004 • Crime
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Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
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Unsafe abortions are performed, causing one character to have to go to hospital and be operated on
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There is a sexual assault scene in the first third of the movie, and implied sexual violence throughout
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Vera Drake uses syringes in doing abortions, but this is never shown closely
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A woman tells a psychiatrist she will kill herself if she has to have her baby
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Not on screen, but women who died after getting abortions are mentioned
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A woman wants an abortion after conceiving a child with another man while her husband is away at war
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Vera Drake is arrested and detained at the police station
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Numerous abortions are performed but no babies or children are killed on screen
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Cops are portrayed as antagonists but they are generally respectful and polite
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A woman who has an unsafe abortion is taken to hospital and a doctor says she needs surgery
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There are numerous abortions throughout the first half of the film, but nothing graphic is shown
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