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.
Holly Hunter | Ellen Russell / Jane Doe | |
Amy Madigan | Sarah Weddington | |
Chris Mulkey | Ron Weddington | |
Terry O'Quinn | Jay Floyd | |
Stephen Tobolowsky | Darryl Horwath |
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