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Roe v Wade is overturned by the Supreme Court, and Stacie, a newly-elected Democratic state legislator in Virginia, fights to stop the General Assembly from banning abortion. Her best friend is Pearl, a Christian conservative directing the local health clinic, who sees the question of a woman’s right to abortion as being woven into the fabric of community standards, behaviors and morality. The two friends avoid...
Roe v Wade is overturned by the Supreme Court, and Stacie, a newly-elected Democratic state legislator in Virginia, fights to stop the General Assembly from banning abortion. Her best friend is Pearl, a Christian conservative directing the local health clinic, who sees the question of a woman’s right to abortion as being woven into the fabric of community standards, behaviors and morality. The two friends avoid arguing about the issue; until, Pearl’s daughter gets pregnant and asks Stacie to help her get an abortion when her mother will not.
Stacie goes to a clinic with Pearl’s daughter, while protesting that they should talk to Pearl first. At the clinic, it is decided that Pearl’s daughter has a dangerous condition called an ectopic pregnancy, the fetus is not viable, and emergency surgery is needed. No one calls Pearl to tell her what is happening.
When Pearl and her husband, who is a conservative legislator working to ban abortion, learn that Stacie helped their daughter get an abortion without their knowledge, they are hurt and angry. Pearl’s husband threatens to blackmail Stacie unless she resigns from the legislature, which would be likely to result in the ban on abortion becoming law, because there is currently a tie vote on the issue. Pearl’s daughter has a photo showing that her father is a Klan member, and when he threatens Stacie, she posts it online. Now, Stacie and also Pearl’s husband are vulnerable to political attacks, and the decision on the ban on abortion hangs in the balance.
Stacie and Pearl’s positions on the abortion issue shift as Pearl’s daughter’s pregnancy pushes them apart. Finally, their friendship survives when their life experience proves to be more profound than their political ideologies.
Stacie goes to a clinic with Pearl’s daughter, while protesting that they should talk to Pearl first. At the clinic, it is decided that Pearl’s daughter has a dangerous condition called an ectopic pregnancy, the fetus is not viable, and emergency surgery is needed. No one calls Pearl to tell her what is happening.
When Pearl and her husband, who is a conservative legislator working to ban abortion, learn that Stacie helped their daughter get an abortion without their knowledge, they are hurt and angry. Pearl’s husband threatens to blackmail Stacie unless she resigns from the legislature, which would be likely to result in the ban on abortion becoming law, because there is currently a tie vote on the issue. Pearl’s daughter has a photo showing that her father is a Klan member, and when he threatens Stacie, she posts it online. Now, Stacie and also Pearl’s husband are vulnerable to political attacks, and the decision on the ban on abortion hangs in the balance.
Stacie and Pearl’s positions on the abortion issue shift as Pearl’s daughter’s pregnancy pushes them apart. Finally, their friendship survives when their life experience proves to be more profound than their political ideologies.