Critical Choices

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Critical Choices ★★ 1997 (R)

The Women's Health Clinic in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, provides safe and legal abortions. Run by Dr. Margaret Ludlow (Buckley) and her pro-choice supporter, Diana Johnson (Scarwid), the clinic becomes the focal point for right-wing evangelist Bobby Ray Flood (Kerwin) and his supporters, including Arlene Dickens (Reed). Tensions mount and violence erupts as everyone believes they're doing the right thing. 88m/ C VHS . Betty Buckley, Pamela Reed, Diana Scar-wid, Terry Kinney, Brian Kerwin; D: Claudia Weill; W: Susan Cuscuna, Robin Green, Mitchell Burgess; M: Patrick Seymour. CABLE