Discussions in Bioethics: Family Tree -- Film Description:
"One of a series of short, open-ended dramas designed to stimulate discussion of values and ethics in relation to modern medical technology. This film examines the moral questions surrounding the issue of compulsory sterilization. When a child-beater and single mother of three is admitted to hospital in need of abdominal surgery, the surgeon is sorely tempted to perform a tubal ligation without the patient's consent, thus preventing the birth of 'new victims.'"
-- National Film Board of Canada

Source:
National Film Board of Canada. "NFB -- Discussions in Bioethics: Family Tree" National Film Board of Canada. http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=16085.