![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Portugal, a predominantly Catholic country, has restrictive laws on abortion, allowing it only in specific cases: danger to the life of the mother, incurable illness of the foetus or if the pregnancy was the result of rape. Rego made these images in response to a referendum on abortion that took place in her native Portugal on 28 June 1998. Each of the images shows a young woman alone in a room either during or immediately after an abortion. In addition to the etchings, Rego made a number of drawings and paintings, including the large scale Triptych, 1998 (Marlborough Fine Art, London). The prints were produced in an edition of seventeen Tate owns one of two sets of artist’s copies of seven of them. This etching is one of a series of powerful works the artist made on the subject of abortion. ![]()
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