Ruth Stoops is a poor indigent drug-user (a huffer – inhaling glue and paint for a high) whose down and out existence is complicated once more by becoming pregnant (she has had and lost four children already). When a judge orders that she gets an abortion or face a felony charge, she is befriended by Gail Stoney, a pro-lifer whose husband is president of the local “Babysavers” group. Suddenly Ruth is thrust into the middle of the pro-choice/pro-life struggle, with each side wanting her to take their side as a “message” to others – and the situation escalates…
Release Date: 13 December 1996Runtime: 106 min
Stars:
- Burt Reynolds
- David Graf
- Jim Kalal
- Kathleen Noone
- Kelly Preston
- Kenneth Mars
- Kurtwood Smith
- Lance Rome
- Laura Dern
- M.C. Gainey
- Mary Kay Place
- Shea Degan
- Swoosie Kurtz
- Tippi Hedren
- Vince Morelli
Director: Alexander Payne