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.

• 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.