What happens to those who make great sacrifices in order to undertake morally courageous acts? We might imagine any number of things, but, this film suggests, most often they are simply forgotten.
New York State Assemblyman George M Michaels was, for a politician, a fairly modest man who toed the Democratic Party line and wasn’t the sort to rock the boat – until, that is, the fateful day of 9 April, 1970, when the State of New York found itself deadlocked on a bill to remove restrictions on access to abortion. This was three years before Roe vs. Wade and was the first time such a bill had made its way to a state legislature. Passions ran high on both sides. Party had little to do with it. Michaels had voted against but, at the last minute, having listened to the pleas of his son and his son’s girlfriend, he reversed.
New York State Assemblyman George M Michaels was, for a politician, a fairly modest man who toed the Democratic Party line and wasn’t the sort to rock the boat – until, that is, the fateful day of 9 April, 1970, when the State of New York found itself deadlocked on a bill to remove restrictions on access to abortion. This was three years before Roe vs. Wade and was the first time such a bill had made its way to a state legislature. Passions ran high on both sides. Party had little to do with it. Michaels had voted against but, at the last minute, having listened to the pleas of his son and his son’s girlfriend, he reversed.
- 12/28/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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