What a great, great movie. Questions arise, though....

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"Questions arise, like how could Vera be so cheerful & happy when she's doing something usually thought as as very immoral?"

Because she doesn't feel it's immoral.

"What are the spiritual ramifications of doing something like that for so many years? What would God think of Vera Drake?"

Well, it depends on the person, and who knows what god thinks?

"Was giving abortions just one of those things she just gradually grew callous to throughout the years, or was she always like that? Or was she just lacking in conscience? She didn't seem to be, but..."

She seemed to be okay with it, and although the movie does not get into it, it seems like she has some personal experience that helped her make her decision to do abortions.


"I know Vera Drake gave abortions for free, but could you yourself legally give abortions for a living five days a week? I don't think i could. What kind of person does it take to do that?"

Well, it wasn't legal for her to do it at the time. There are many motives for doing illegal abortions, some just wanted the money and others, like Drake, cared about her patients.

A good solid answer, wesisaleo.

What one must remember is that women have abortions, no matter. Wheather it is leagal or not, they will have an abortion. The legal part of it, just brings the question whether the abortion will be safe or not. The minute it's illegeal, women will turn to "wise ladys", knitting needles, quacks or whatever. Vera wanted to help these women, who'd turn to desperate ways no matter. She used the soap and water, which was the safest way avaliable, when operations weren't to be afforded.

The theories about why Vera would do this for so many years is varied. Some in this thread say she could have been raped.
Actually I believe she, herself, was a product of rape (her mother was raped). There's a scene where Veras husband asks "did you ever ask who your father was?", which could prove that Veras parents where never married. Vera could have felt on her body how it is to be an illegitemate child. She might not have wanted others to experience the same.

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They blew up Congress!!! HAHAHA!

Questions arise, like how could Vera be so cheerful & happy when she's doing something usually thought as as very immoral?


I found myself becoming uncomfortable with her seemingly cheerful and somewhat detached disposition when she was dealing with her patients, but then I wondered if this matter of fact approach was somethng which supported her patients and helped reinforce in themselves that they were doing the right thing.

As a poster in another thread mentioned, how do we know that other procedures hadn't gone wrong? Susan had her mother there when the infection flared up, but what about the young West Indian woman and the woman whose husband was in the army and raised the issue with Vera? I feel that she honestly thought providing the procedure was helping the girls, but I don't think she considered the ramifications of what she was doing. I am not casting aspertions on her morality. As another poster observed, when asked during questioning if this had happened to her she was unable to answer - my feeling is that it HAD and that her contentment with her family life before the arrest helped justify her actions of 'helping' others in this way. I don't think that she had considered that the end result for others may not be the same.

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