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
as Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
Amy Madigan
as Sarah Weddington
Chris Mulkey
as Ron Weddington
Terry O'Quinn
as Jay Floyd
Stephen Tobolowsky
as Darryl Horwath
James Gammon
as Jimmy Russell
Dion Anderson
as Bob Flowers
Kathy Bates
as Jessie
Micole Mercurio
as Ida Russell
David Wohl
as Terry Bowman
Jerry Hardin
as
Daniel Benzali
as
