In the episode, Lois is approached by an old friend from college who asks her to become a surrogate mother. After arguing with her husband, Lois decides to become a gestational carrier and undergoes in vitro fertilization.

Unexpectedly, the biological parents are killed in an automobile accident, so Lois and Peter have to decide whether to abort the fetus or carry it to term and give the baby up for adoption.

Peter attempts to persuade his wife to get an abortion but changes his mind after pro-life activists convince him that abortion is murder. Despite Peter's objections, Lois goes ahead with the abortion.

The episode was forbidden from airing in the US due to concerns over its portrayal of the controversial subject of abortion.