Theatre: ‘The Bobigny Trial'

‘1971. Marie-Claire, aged 16, becomes pregnant following a rape. She doesn't want the child and decides to have an abortion, which is against the law at the time. Her mother and a colleague searched for and found a woman who performed the abortion on Marie-Claire. But they were reported to the police and faced up to 3 years in prison. Gisèle Halimi, a leading lawyer committed to women's rights, decided to defend them by putting the law banning abortion on trial... In so doing, she paved the...