by Jason Ankeny
synopsis
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.
characteristics
moods
keywords
husband-and-wife
outrage
pregnancy
controversy
deformity
doctor
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