Untitled: The Abortion Series

Untitled: The Abortion Series is a series of ten pastel paintings by the Portuguese-British artist, Paula Rego (1935–2022), which were painted in 1998 and 1999 in response to a referendum in 1998 in Portugal that failed to approve the legalization of abortion. Each canvas depicted a woman undergoing an unsafe abortion. Originally just known as Untitled 1, Untitled 2, etc., they came to be known as the Abortion Pastels or Abortion Series. In 1999 she also created eight etchings based on the pastels. Produced in an edition of 17, these were widely exhibited and reproduced in Portuguese publications, and were credited with having had an impact on the outcome of a second referendum in 2007, in which a majority supported legalization.

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