Trapped: Teen Rape Victim Turned Away
Clip: Season 17 Episode 19 | 1m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Trapped premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, June 20, 2016.
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.
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Trapped: Teen Rape Victim Turned Away
Clip: Season 17 Episode 19 | 1m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
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.
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