Vera Drake Part 3

Vera Drake is a selfless woman who is completely devoted to, and loved by, her working class family. She spends her days doting on them and caring for her sick neighbor and elderly mother. However, she also secretly visits women and helps them induce miscarriages for unwanted pregnancies. While the practice itself was illegal in 1950s England, Vera sees herself as simply helping women in need, and always does so with a smile and kind words of encouragement. When the authorities finally find her out, Vera's world and family life rapidly unravel.

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[BooshXBill]

She was one of the few people than genuinely cared about these women. A lot of people will disagree, but I strongly believe she was right to do what she did.

[muckraker87]

It's really interesting that Vera washed her hands- most DOCTORS didn't wash their hands in those days

[GAYPRIDE1985]

@muckraker87 in the 50's???? Of course they did! They knew about bacteria in the 50's. You are thinking of the 1850s!

[loner1878]

@mcg413

All doctors want money, thats why many people go into the medical field. And most medical fields don't involve daily death threats or murder attemtps like abortion care does.

Are you offended at the concept of paying doctors a salary? Moron.

[loner1878]

@mechamonkee

LOL, so they don't pay doctors in the UK any salary? There are way more profitable medical fields than abortion in the US. Abortion doctors in the US face daily death threats and harassment for the work they do. Many have been murdered by anti abortion fanatics. They do what they do because they believe in helping women. many of them were alive when abortion was illegal and remember the terrible effects it had on women.

[lauraalittle]

@BooshXBill I agree with you completely. Vera's compassion is what makes her apprehension so sad.

[mechamonkee]

@mcg413 You made that sound very anti-abortion, actually abortion is free in the UK and alot of other countries...its just America and a few others where you have to pay, so the main incentive for a doctor in america is the money

[mcg413]

@BooshXBill That's because her cause was different than most abortionists today. She wanted to help those in need. Abortionists want money.

[kimmois1]

@SinclairisCool Bus shelters are hardly safe nor sterile.

[timothyw98]

Thats a great response, even though he probably takes the comment back knowing what his brothers wifes really like.

[ScarlettOBeara]

@ddrjakkl "You're a lucky man in all!"

[karmastar06]

@ddrjakkl 'you're a lucky man an' all frank'