TV MovieDrama

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.

Credits

Holly HunterEllen Russell / Jane Doe

Amy MadiganSarah Weddington

Chris MulkeyRon Weddington

Terry O'QuinnJay Floyd

Stephen TobolowskyDarryl Horwath