The Traveler by
A young married woman, Megan, is finally pregnant after trying for years. She has cramps and goes with her husband Nick to the ER where her doctor gives her an amnioscentesis. Her mother has come from New York to celebrate. They go to see her OB-GYN, Dr. Carman, who says her fetus has Trisomy 18, with many deformities. Although it is not a diagnosis that would endanger the mother's life, the fetus would...
A young married woman, Megan, is finally pregnant after trying for years. She has cramps and goes with her husband Nick to the ER where her doctor gives her an amnioscentesis. Her mother has come from New York to celebrate. They go to see her OB-GYN, Dr. Carman, who says her fetus has Trisomy 18, with many deformities. Although it is not a diagnosis that would endanger the mother's life, the fetus would probably not survive long after the birth. Megan decides to go to a state where abortion is not illegal, back with her mother to New York. Her case is heard by the State Supreme Court, that rejects her condition and threatens her and her doctor. Megan, Nick and her mother Betty are very upset that she has to travel thousands of miles away from her home town to get an abortion.