Belinda Wardlaw-Jones is one of the few women in Australia to be born with a rare form of muscular dystrophy, an incurable muscle-wasting disease which can drastically reduce life expectancy. Despite her condition and against the advice of many, she and her husband Andrew decide to have a child. Belinda defends her decision to proceed with this pregnancy, believing it to be her right to become a mother, whatever the medical risks and ultimate social costs may be.

(1998, 55 mins) A Film Australia National Interest Program in association with Tait Productions. Produced in association with the Lotteries Commission of Western Australia and with the assistance of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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