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Dorothy is a poor black woman. Her husband is put in jail for no observable reason, and she is pregnant with a second child. The government threatens to take away her welfare if she does not get an abortion.
Cast
Barbara O. Jones, Johnny Weathers, Cora Lee Day, Simmi Ella Nelson, Bettie J. Wilson, Bob Ogburn Jr., Susan Williams, Ben Collins, Renna Kraft, Darian Gibbs, Minnie Stewart, Malbertha Pickett
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