Annie becomes pregnant. Since she doesn’t want to keep the child, she meets a movement that performs illegal abortions. But, in the seventies, Annie will encounter allies and opponents along the way.

Carl Brown and Annie McGairy are in love. Their Irish immigrant parents knew each other in the old country – and Carl’s parents want better for their son than Annie, who was raised in the slums. When Annie runs away to marry Carl while he’s at college, they have many difficulties, including a college Dean that frowns upon married couples, Carl’s angry parents, Carl’s jealousy, and Annie’s own problems with her sexuality.