Exploring grief and shame with children born from rape - BBC World Service Documentaries | 100 Women

Contains content some viewers may find distressing.

This BBC documentary explores the stigma and feelings of shame surrounding people conceived by rape through the personal journey of a British mum, Sammy Woodhouse, who was a grooming victim and gave birth to her son after she was abused as a child.

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Sammy Woodhouse loves her son more than anything, but the truth of how he was conceived is a shadow that hangs over them. What happens when your child was born out of the worst thing that ever happened to you? And how does it feel to discover you were born that way?

In this documentary by the BBC 100 Women team we speak to Neil, who can barely look in the mirror, terrified the face of their mother’s attacker is looking back. ‘Eva’ , who wants her father to pay for what he has done and Mandy, who cares for her son, but in truth, she says, he was 'conceived by a monster'.

Determined to break the taboo and confront the questions no one dares to ask, Sammy goes on a journey to meet other mothers and children born from rape, not only in the UK but also in Rwanda, one of the only places in the world with specialist counselling for mothers and children born of rape.

Here are some of the key moments in this video:
0:00 Intro
1:07 Sammy’s story
3:26 Meet Tasnim, Neil and Eva
5:09 Neil’s story
8:00 Eva’s story
11:13 Mandy’s story
17:11 Visiting Rwanda
18:04 Clare’s story
23:35 Reunion in Sheffield

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