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A husband tries to keep his comatose wife alive by allowing doctors to terminate her pregnancy. Hearing about this, anti-abortion protesters start a legal campaign to gain legal custody of the fetus.
Top billed cast
Henry WinklerMarty Klein
Patty DukeJudge Ray
Richard KileyDr. RJ Cannon
Audra LindleyAnne Zusselman
Karl MaldenFred Zusselman
Jennifer HetrickNancy Klein
Jayne AtkinsonEleonor Barcroft
Doris BelackFran
Vasili BogazianosDr. Sears
Ron FrazierDavis
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