Release Date

15 May, 1989

Runtime

01:40: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case in the US supreme court. Eventually the law is changed, but for the character it takes longer than nine months.

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Actors

Holly Hunter

Amy Madigan

Chris Mulkey

Terry O'Quinn

Stephen Tobolowsky

James Gammon

Dion Anderson

Kathy Bates

Micole Mercurio

David Wohl

Jerry Hardin

Daniel Benzali

Ken Jenkins

George Murdock

James Avery

Paul Lambert

Kenneth Tigar

Glenn Morshower

Crew

Gregory Hoblit

Alison Cross

W.G. Snuffy Walden

Aaron Rochin

Michael J. Kohut

Carlos Delarios

James R. Tynes

Newton Thomas Sigel

Gregory Hoblit

Michael Manheim

Alison Cross

Joe Ann Fogle

Elodie Keene

Junie Lowry-Johnson