Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
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In "the not too distant future" America has enacted population control laws that limit couples to one child. However, when the days-old baby of one couple dies, they break the law and try to have another. It's a thinly veiled critique of abortion and overreaching government control that will appeal to today's Republican mindset. Only problem is that this was a made-for-TV movie in 1971 and in the intervening half century or so none of it's scare tactics have come true. Van Helfin is a curmudgeony Senator who tries to help and Ed Asner basically reprises his Lou Grant role.
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