Lawyer Buthaina reveals to her brother Saeed's wife, Awassaf, that madness is rampant in her father Hamam's family. Awassaf, a doctor, tells her husband about her desire to get rid of the fetus, and she performs the operation based on her professor's advice. Her husband resents her and Hamam files a complaint against her for the crime of abortion. Buthaina decides to defend her brother's wife.