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In the Village of Midwich, set in the 1950s, a mysterious blackout occurs. Once power is restored, and several weeks have passed, it seems that all the women are suddenly pregnant ... at the same time! Some of the pregnancies are miraculous ... impossible! The women of the town meet and with the doctors and midwives support prepare to deliver the babies in the predicted month of June. With the time period of the story, a women's "right to choose" is not mentioned. When all the babies are born on
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