Spacek's character painfully weighs her options to reach her personal moment of truth. It's just the only one I can live with.'' Her confession crystallises one of the script's strongest points. The thing that I was so moved by in this beautifully written script is that it illuminates the idea that women have to do what's right for them,'' Spacek emphasizes. One thing is not right for everyone. That's why we need to make these monumental choices for ourselves.'' 1996 Director Cher takes us deep into the complex political firestorm of the present.
Polarization defines the atmosphere.
Freedom of choice is now threatened by an increasingly violent opposition. No longer suffering medical indignities, women now face the indignities and the potentially grave danger imposed by human blockades at the clinics where they seek counsel. As a doctor in a family-planning clinic besieged by protesters, she reigns with boldness and weighty authority befitting a physician. To prepare for the demonstration scenes outside the clinic, Cher viewed miles of documentary footage. I was stunned,'' she remembers.