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Woman's Hour: Sarah Ewart, Janice Galloway, hair and family secrets

31/01/2019

Sarah Ewart, Janice Galloway, hair and family secrets

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Sarah Ewart, Janice Galloway, hair and family secrets

Sarah Ewart abortion case, Janice Galloway's short stories, body hair, and family secrets.

Sarah Ewart on her Northern Ireland abortion case, Scottish writer Janice Galloway's short stories, the politics of body hair, and keeping family secrets.

Sarah Ewart has brought a case against the Northern Ireland Department of Health and Justice for breaching her human rights.  Six years ago she travelled to England to terminate a pregnancy for a fatal foetal abnormality. She discusses her decision to bring this action. Scottish writer Janice Galloway  talks about Jellyfish, her collection of short stories. Januhairy is a month-long campaign urging women to embrace their body-hair - we ask if there's a hierarchy when it comes to women and body hair?  And, the third in our series family secrets - Jess wanted to talk to us about the impact of a family secret she discovered when she was just fourteen.

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