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.
Stars: Holly Hunter, Amy Madigan, Chris Mulkey, Terry O'Quinn, Stephen Tobolowsky, James Gammon
Crew: Alison Cross (Writer), Gregory Hoblit (Director), Michael Manheim (Executive Producer), Leslie Shatz (Supervising Sound Editor), Joe Ann Fogle (Editor), Ronald R. Reiss (Set Decoration)
Country: United States of America
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Studio: The Mannheim Company, NBC Productions, NBC
Runtime: 100 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 15, 1989
IMDb: 4.1
