Claude Sauvage, a tenacious young gynecologist takes a months long internship in a Paris hospital. Between her private life and medical career, she set her doubts and desires in a society where the square and the plight of women remain at that time a secondary issue. The film follows Claude and the staff through the case of some patients while the crucial debate on women's professional ambition, contraception and abortion rights.

Etudiante en gynécologie et enceinte, Claude Sauvage est particulièrement touchée par la mort de Mariette, suite à un avortement clandestin. Elle décide alors de se battre pour accorder ce droit aux femmes.