Once I had all those interviews, I realized that I could get their voices heard by making a documentary. Why did you decide to make Strings Attached?ĭuring my visits to various African countries, I spoke with women who were willing and confident enough to go on record about their experience with Marie Stopes performing illegal abortions. I’d come across women who would say to me, ‘I had an illegal abortion, and it destroyed my life.’”Įkeocha felt called to bring together the voices of suffering African women by making a documentary called Strings Attached, which exposes the corrupt and morally bankrupt deeds of Marie Stopes International.Ĭelebrate Life Magazine talked to Ekeocha via Skype about Strings Attached, about where people can view the film, about how pharmaceutical companies abuse African women, and about how Africans are not asking for contraceptives, but for something else. Obianuju Ekeocha told Celebrate Life Magazine: “I heard it over and over again-from women who didn’t know one another-that Marie Stopes performed illegal abortions.
While traveling across Africa, Nigerian Obianuju Ekeocha-a human rights activist by day and a biomedical scientist by night-uncovered a disturbing truth about Marie Stopes. Marie Stopes International-based in the UK-works in 37 countries, including 17 countries in Africa, operating under the guise of being a family planning agency. Planned Parenthood is not the only big company promoting the culture of death.
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