Midwives

On a cold and stormy night in rural Vermont, midwife Sibyl Danforth, along with the father and an assistant, is in the middle of a homebirth. As the labor progresses, the woman begins to experience complications, leading Sibyl to believe it would be safer for her to deliver the baby at a hospital. However, a dead telephone line and severe weather prevent Sibyl from leaving the house. Black ice and a persistent snowstorm make travel impossible. The next morning, the woman dies, believed to have suffered a stroke. Amid the chaos, Sibyl decides to perform a C-section to save the baby. The infant survives, but the mother is dead, and tragedy is evident. The situation worsens for Sibyl when her assistant claims the woman was still alive when the C-section was performed. Sibyl is charged with manslaughter, brought to court, and her life is irrevocably changed.