Independent Lens

TRAPPED

U.S. abortion clinics are fighting to survive. Since 2010, hundreds of bills have been enacted targeting abortion rights on a statewide level. Trapped follows the clinic workers, women, and lawyers on the front lines of the battle to keep abortion safe and legal for the millions of women caught in a political quagmire.

TRAPPED - Trailer

30s

Trapped goes inside the contentious issue of abortion rights through the story of health care providers in Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama who are struggling to comply with controversial new TRAP laws (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers). The current case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, will decide whether these laws are constitutional.

  • Trapped: Puzzling Women's Health Regulations: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Trapped: Puzzling Women's Health Regulations

    S17 E19 - 1m 26s

    In this excerpt from the Independent Lens film Trapped, an Alabama women's reproductive health clinic owner — who has lived in that state her whole life — talks about the challenges of working with the state's rigorous codes and regulations in order to stay afloat.

  • Trapped: Informed Consent: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Trapped: Informed Consent

    S17 E19 - 45s

    In this excerpt from the Independent Lens film Trapped, Dr. Willie Parker, longtime physician and abortion provider who refocused his career to offer reproductive health services for women in the South, provides information required by the state of Mississippi about potential risks to a young woman seeking an abortion.

  • Trapped: Unnecessary Equipment: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Trapped: Unnecessary Equipment

    S17 E19 - 1m 57s

    In this excerpt from the Independent Lens film Trapped, Marva, director of clinical services at Whole Woman’s Health, gives a tour of the unnecessary major surgery equipment her facility is required to maintain, including a seldom used pharmacy and an operating room outfitted with the same equipment required for open heart surgery.

  • Trapped: Teen Rape Victim Turned Away: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Trapped: Teen Rape Victim Turned Away

    S17 E19 - 1m 32s

    In this excerpt from the Independent Lens film Trapped, a 13 year-old victim of rape who is on the cusp of her 5-month legal abortion window is turned away from a Texas clinic because the clinic cannot find an available anesthetist to put the girl to sleep — required by state law — in time to perform the procedure.

Similar Shows

WETA Passport

Stream tens of thousands of hours of your PBS and local favorites with WETA Passport whenever and wherever you want. Catch up on a single episode or binge-watch full seasons before they air on TV.