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Plot

When Sherri Finkbine (Sissy Spacek), the host of the Sixties children's television program Romper Room, learns that her unborn child has been damaged by her use of the drug thalidomide, she and her husband decide to abort the fetus, setting in motion the media controversy that is the subject of Joan Micklin Silver's made-for-cable drama.
MPAA Rating:
for mature theme.
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
89min.
DVD Release Date:
10/03/2006
Director(s):
Themes:
Doctors and Patients,Fighting the System,Social Injustice
Tone:
Compassionate,Earnest,Intimate,Matter-of-Fact,Tense
Keywords:
abortion,controversy,deformity,doctor,fetus,husband-and-wife,outrage,pregnancy
Language:
English