Around the world, 20 million women stop their pregnancies every year in very dangerous conditions because of the clandestinity they are forced into . Barriers to access safe abortion are numerous: social resistance, restrictive laws, family pressure, reluctance of the medical profession. On an original project by photographer Laia Abril, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) presents an adaptation of On Abortion (Rencontres d’Arles 2016), an installation composed of real objects, photographs and sound recordings collected on different continents. Enriched with testimonials collected by MSF caregivers, it questions the visitor and brings to light a striking series of social triggers, stigmas and taboos around abortion.
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