: Christine Cullen (Anne Heche), a college student.
: After a heartfelt conversation with her teenage daughter and husband, Barbara ultimately decides to keep the child, and the family resolves to work together to provide for their future. 1996: The Face of Conflict If These Walls Could Talk(1996)
: After a failed attempt to self-terminate with a knitting needle, she pays for a clandestine back-alley procedure on her kitchen table. The segment ends tragically as Claire dies from a massive hemorrhage shortly after the procedure. 1974: The Burden of Choice : Christine Cullen (Anne Heche), a college student
: Barbara discovers she is pregnant just as she is trying to build a career. While abortion is now legal, she and her husband struggle with the economic and emotional weight of another child. The segment ends tragically as Claire dies from
These videos provide further context on the film's production and its powerful narrative themes:
: Claire Donnelly (Demi Moore), a widowed nurse living in suburban Chicago.
The 1996 anthology film explores the evolving social and legal landscape of reproductive rights through three distinct stories, all set in the same suburban house across different decades. 1952: The Cost of Desperation