Aidan Quinn, Carla Gugino, Estelle Parsons, Jeff Perry, Leon Russom ...( see more  see more... ) , Richard Venture , Sheila McCarthy , Sissy Spacek , William H. Macy , Xander Berkeley

In this fact-based drama, children's TV show host Sherri Finkbine (Sissy Spacek) sparks a national controversy when she decides to abort her fetus, which is severely damaged from the drug thalidomide....( read more  read more... ) When the "Romper Room" host's secret is discovered, the news spawns a media storm and divides the country. Sherri and her husband (Aidan Quinn) are hounded by the press, their private lives becoming an open book during a most difficult time.

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Directed by: Joan Micklin Silver

Release Date: June 20, 1992

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DVD Release Date: October 3, 2006

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