A Private Matter

TV Movie
1992
PG-13
1h 28m

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Sissy Spacek and Aidan Quinn in A Private Matter (1992)

The story of Sherri Finkbine, a woman who sought a medically recommended abortion and endured a firestorm of public controversy about her decision.The story of Sherri Finkbine, a woman who sought a medically recommended abortion and endured a firestorm of public controversy about her decision.The story of Sherri Finkbine, a woman who sought a medically recommended abortion and endured a firestorm of public controversy about her decision.

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6.2/10

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- 7 nominations

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A TV movie made for the HBO network.

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Sherri gives story about her upcoming abortion to a friend identified as a reporter for The Arizona Republic (actual Phoenix newspaper that broke the story). But when story appears in print, masthead of newspaper in which story appears is fictional 'Arizona Examiner'.

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10/10

in 1992 it was simply part of history, now it's a gravely serious matter

The Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade makes Sherri Finkbine's story all the more important. I had never heard of the story until I watched Joan Micklin Silver's 1992 movie "A Private Matter", starring Sissy Spacek as the pregnant TV host in 1962 who discovered that she had taken thalidomide, deforming her fetus and requiring an abortion.

This is one of the few movies that I know of that focuses on abortion, as the execs usually fear that depicting it will make a movie unmarketable in entire regions of the country. That makes it all the more important for stories like this to get told. Definitely see it.

Also starring are Aidan Quinn, Estelle Parsons, Xander Berkeley and William H. Macy.