The documentary includes:

• A global context and addresses the issue of women's reproductive rights in a diverse and inclusive way. Several of the world's foremost experts on this issue from Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and both Protestant and Roman Catholic traditions within Christianity are interviewed.
• Provides an understanding of what religion represents in people's lives, why their religious beliefs are important to them, and how those beliefs impact their reproductive decisions.
• Provides a historical overview on contraception and abortion practices and ideas that takes it out of the Roe v Wade generation and places it in the context of the past two thousand years.
• Allows for a theological forum with leading scholars discussing the religious issues surrounding family planning and a woman's reproductive rights.
• Places the debate in a "real world" context by looking at the issue of family planning not just in the United States but also in Africa, Asia and South America.
• In an effort to attract an audience with diverse opinions on this issue, the producers have tried to create a program that is uniquely fair to various perspectives. The hope is that those who might consider themselves traditionally liberal or conservative on this issue will find in the documentary a discourse that is both sensitive and thought provoking without being divisive or counter productive.

In A Just World - Contraception, Abortion & World Religion is an independently produced documentary that was funded by The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. It is a production of The Duncan Group in association with WTTW-TV (Chicago). The one hour documentary premiered nationwide on the PBS Network on Friday September 12th, 2003. There will also be encore broadcasts during the next two years. Please check your local listings or call your affiliate to inquire as to when the program will be broadcast in your area.

The issues surrounding a woman's reproductive rights are international in scope. In many countries, a woman's right to contraception and abortion is a religious issue, a legal issue, an ethical issue, and a social/cultural issue. In the United States it is also a major political issue. In A Just World addresses all of these issues in some way with a significant focus on the relationship between a woman's reproductive rights and her religion. Specifically, the show includes discussion of Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Christianity and Buddhism. The program is also multicultural and features women from around the world with a specific emphasis on the US, Ethiopia and Peru.

The documentary looks at the teachings of major world religions as they relate to contraception, abortion and family planning.

Please contact Chip@DuncanEntertainment.com for broadcast dates or information on the production.

Producers: Chip Duncan, Alison Rostenkowski and Patricia Ostermick.