[1] It depicts real life Scottish-born doctor, Bertram Wainer (Jeremy Sims) as he strives for abortion law reform in the state of Victoria during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
[2] Dangerous Remedy was directed by Ken Cameron and produced for the ABC by Ned Lander with filming in Melbourne commencing in March 2012.
Despite these setbacks Bertram uses the press to raise public awareness of the corruption and forces the state government into holding an independent inquiry in January 1970.
"[1] Nevertheless, "whilst it's fair to say some of the shocking dramatics that befall Wainer did take place, here they stray close to adventures befitting a Saturday matinee on the silver screen.
"[1] Hoopla's Lucy Clark found it had a "deep and everlasting value" in that it "highlights complexity in a debate too often characterised by polar extremes, by black and white.