Angie Rossini, an innocent New york city City sales staff from a repressive Italian-American household, participates in a short-lived affair with a good-looking jazz artist called Rocky Papasano. When Angie conceives, she finds Rocky wishing he'll pay for her abortion. Rocky agrees to aid, yet after seeing the unhygienic abortion center, he refuses to allow Angie go through with the procedure and attempts to make her a sincere female.