Tudo que Abby Johnson sempre quis foi ajudar outras mulheres. Como uma das diretoras mais jovens da história da Paternidade Planejada, organização responsável por metade dos abortos realizados nos Estados Unidos, ela acreditava ter feito a escolha certa. Até o dia em que algo que Abby viu fez com que tudo mudasse e ela se tornasse uma das principais vozes do movimento pró-vida dos Estados Unidos.
Brian Owens was once a prominent professor of quantum mechanics until an accident stripped him of his credentials; he now teaches at a community college. In order to reclaim his stature, he is trying to build the world's first teleportation machine in his garage at night. All of this while being romantically pursued by one of the art professors at the college, avoiding the crazy old lady next door, and being harassed by the loan sharks he borrowed money from to build his machine. But his biggest problem is he can't get his machine to work.