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6.1/10   57 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Ed Kaplan (story) and
Clifford Campion (story) ...
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Release Date:
5 April 1993 (USA) more
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Tagline:
It's either their jobs or their own children. A shocking true story.
Plot:
A factory worker gets an ultimatum from her employer that she agree to be sterilized or be fired. | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Villains Too Charismatic For Their Own Good
 (From Cinematical. 9 October 2009, 7:30 PM, PDT)

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compelling story and wonderful acting by ms perkins more (1 total)

Cast

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Elizabeth Perkins ... Sally Wheeler

Laura San Giacomo ... Jo Mandell
Charles Haid ... Hank

CCH Pounder ... Naomi Brinker
Gary Basaraba ... Roy Wheeler

Kelli Williams ... Erma
Michael O'Neill ... Clark Thompson

David Graf ... Miles

Colleen Camp ... Chris

Glenn Morshower

David Purdham ... Jim Davis
Hannah Eckstein ... Georgia
Jana Arnold ... Marjorie
Trey Ames ... Older Jody

Thomas Kopache ... Doctor Mason
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Runtime:
118 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
compelling story and wonderful acting by ms perkins, 9 March 2004
Author: P3charmed from az

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I've just seen this move on Lifetime tonight and could not have been more pleased. The acting is amazing for a tv movie and tells a story thats both upsetting and empowering. SPOILER

The story is set in rural texas, and is the story of a group of young women who, due to company policy, must sterillize themselves to keep their jobs. One by one each woman goes through with the operation. After only a few months, their division is terminated and all the women are without jobs, and with out their birthing rights aswell. They hire a New York lawyer and take the company to court, where they are laughed at and given a lame excuse for a settlement. 7 years later the women are still fighting to pass a law to protect females birthing rights in the work place.

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