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.
- Genre: TV Movie, Drama
- Studio: The Mannheim Company, NBC Productions, NBC
- Keyword: texas, based on true story, supreme court, courtroom, abortion, legal system
- Cast: Holly Hunter, Amy Madigan, Chris Mulkey, Terry O'Quinn, Stephen Tobolowsky, James Gammon