The Fly (1986)
Leslie Carlson: Dr. Cheevers
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[about Veronica's request for an abortion]
Dr. Cheevers : Listen, I don't mean to interfere, but I detect a certain... uncertainty here. You know, there are tests we can do to determine whether or not...
Veronica Quaife : [interrupting] I don't want tests. Tests can't guarantee anything. The baby could start off normal and then become...
[she pauses]
Veronica Quaife : I want an abortion.
[voice cracking]
Veronica Quaife : I'll do it myself if I have to.
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Dr. Cheevers : OK, what's the story?
Stathis Borans : She's pregnant and she wants an abortion.
Dr. Cheevers : In the middle of the night?
Stathis Borans : We have good reason to think that... this... child will be deformed.
Dr. Cheevers : Yeah, but in the middle of the night...
Stathis Borans : Look, Brent, please.
Dr. Cheevers : Is it your child?
Stathis Borans : No. It's the... child of a man who is deformed.
Dr. Cheevers : Look, I don't mean to interfere, but I detect a certain uncertainty here. You know, there are tests we can do that can determine whether or not...
Veronica Quaife : I don't want tests. Tests can't guarantee anything. The baby could start off normal and then become...
Veronica Quaife : [determinedly] I want an abortion. I'll do it myself if I have to.