Nome Mulher (Woman's Name in Portuguese) was a pioneering women's issues television programme commissioned by Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) and aired on its I Programa in 1974, shortly after the Carnation Revolution.
[5] Nome Mulher was part of a broader campaign at Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) to incorporate all Portuguese voices and opinions into its programming after the Carnation Revolution overthrew the Estado Novo regime on 25 April 1974.
Speaking on her work, Palla commented in 2017, "The project [Nome Mulher] involved making an inventory and debating women's problems and recording the most representative actions of their struggles during the revolutionary period.
[19] While Nome Mulher was controversial in the past, this particular special, which included footage of a woman aborting her pregnancy via the vacuum aspiration method in a clinic setting in Cova da Piedade,[18][19] caused a national uproar.
[20] There were calls for the head of RTP at the time, Manuel Pedroso Marques, to cancel the series, which only further complicated matters as he was (and still is today) the husband of Maria Antónia Palla.
[5] The Porto Fundo de Fomento à Habitação story, which had already been produced and completed, was allowed to air on 2 March 1976,[4] but afterward, Marques pulled the programme for good.
[5] Shortly after the programme's broadcast, Maternidade Alfredo da Costa, Lisbon's leading maternity hospital, filed charges against Palla for "offense to public morals" and "illegal practice of medicine".