Whether or not to have an abortion might be the biggest decision a woman will ever make, and it’s one they will live with for the rest of their lives. In the UK, more than 200,000 women every year choose to go ahead with the procedure but, 40 years after it was legalised in this country, it is a subject that continues to divide people.

For some, it’s a liberator, an essential human right; for others, an act of murder. Emotional, upsetting and divisive, it remains one of the most hotly debated issues of our time, but the voices of those who actually go through the procedure often get lost in the debate. This sensitively filmed documentary gives a voice to some of those women.

Through their powerful and honest testimony, the documentary explores five women’s experiences of having a termination in contemporary Britain. As they tell their poignant stories, what is clear is that there is nothing black and white about this subject.

Tuesday 13 May
9.00-10.00pm BBC TWO