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.
| Writing | Alison Cross | Writer |
| Directing | Gregory Hoblit | Director |
| Production | Michael Manheim | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Leslie Shatz | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Editing | Joe Ann Fogle | Editor |
| Art | Ronald R. Reiss | Set Decoration |
| Sound | David M. Ronne | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Elodie Keene | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Betsy Cox | Costume Design |
| Directing | Kerry Lyn McKissick | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Jon Gary Steele | Art Direction |
| Camera | Newton Thomas Sigel | Director of Photography |
| Production | Gregory Hoblit | Producer |
| Art | Hilda Stark | Production Design |
| Production | Junie Lowry-Johnson | Casting |
| Production | Alison Cross | Co-Producer |
| Sound | W.G. Snuffy Walden | Music |
| Sound | Aaron Rochin | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Michael J. Kohut | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Carlos Delarios | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Lighting | James R. Tynes | Gaffer |
