When Dr. Matthew Hamilton cuts a lucrative deal with Dr. Robert Chan during medical school and orchestrates a miscarriage on his wife Rachel, he gives no thought to the long-term consequences. Then fifteen years after the traumatic "miscarriage", Rachel Hamilton encounters a young girl she swears could be her daughter.
Meanwhile, Dr. Chan is pushing the boundaries of fetal and genetic research and the possibility of a connection is almost too horrifying to explore but Rachel's life may depend upon the answer.