Article 55 — kultura.media.si

As a Yugoslav socialist republic, Slovenia already had the right to decide on childbirth enshrined in its constitution since 1974, but when it gained independence, this was again called into question… The performance is based on archival material, records from that time, and conversations. It thus illuminates the narrative of connection, support, and alliance, due to which the right to choose is protected by the constitution in Slovenia today.
ARTICLE 55
Documentary Performance
Direction: Tjaša Črnigoj
Cast: Tamara Avguštin k. g., Anja Novak, Katarina Stegnar, Miranda Trnjanin k. g.
Performance partner is RTV Slovenia.

Slovenia has the right to contraception and elective pregnancy termination enshrined in its constitution. In Slovenia, safe abortion is relatively accessible, and hormonal contraception is mostly covered by insurance. This is a rarity worldwide.
Article 55 traveled back to the 1980s and early 1990s. It has reconstructed the time in which the socialist system was coming to a close and the entire region experienced a surge in nationalist tendencies, but which was also marked by new civil movements and feminism. As a socialist republic, Slovenia had the right to choose to bear children written in the constitution since 1974, however, this right was questioned during the process of the country gaining independence.
The most heated polemics about the new constitution were triggered by the article concerning women’s reproductive rights. Some suggested simply to leave it out.