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Becky's Story

Name: Becky's Story
Uploaded: 1991-02-24T21:00:00-0500
Duration: 14 min 14 s
Description: When 17-year-old Becky Bell got pregnant, she didn't want to tell her parents. But that meant no abortion in her home state of Indiana. As Morley Safer reports, she sought out a back-alley abortion instead -- and died from complications. Now her parents are fighting to change laws nationwide.

When 17-year-old Becky Bell got pregnant, she didn't want to tell her parents. But that meant no abortion in her home state of Indiana. As Morley Safer reports, she sought out a back-alley abortion instead -- and died from complications. Now her parents are fighting to change laws nationwide.