Director :
Cast :
Holly HunterAmy MadiganChris MulkeyTerry O'QuinnStephen TobolowskyJames GammonDion AndersonKathy BatesMicole MercurioDavid Wohl
Genre :
Release :
1989-05-15
IMDb Rating :
6.8
Description :
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.