

Overview
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.
Top Cast

Holly Hunter
Ellen Russell / Jane Doe

Amy Madigan
Sarah Weddington

Chris Mulkey
Ron Weddington

Terry O'Quinn
Jay Floyd

Stephen Tobolowsky
Darryl Horwath

James Gammon
Jimmy Russell

Dion Anderson
Bob Flowers

Kathy Bates
Jessie

Micole Mercurio
Ida Russell

David Wohl
Terry Bowman

Jerry Hardin

Daniel Benzali
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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