Citizen Ruth
- IMDb link: 0115906
- IMDb rating: 7 (9,759 votes) Search
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Director: Laura Dern, Alexander Payne
- Cast: Swoosie Kurtz, Kurtwood Smith, Mary Kay Place and others
- Release date: 13 Dec 1996
- Release year: 1996
- Runtime: 106 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: unwanted pregnancy, unexpected pregnancy, drug abuse, homeless woman, abortion, female protagonist, substance abuse, pregnancy, woman wears eyeglasses, drug addiction
Plot:
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...
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