“- Dr. Cheevers: I don't mean to interfere, but I detect a certain uncertainty here. You know, there are tests we can do to determine whether or not...
- Veronica Quaife: I don't want tests. Tests can't guarantee anything. The baby could start off normal and then become... I want an abortion. I'll do it myself if I have to.”

Leslie Carlson - Dr. Cheevers
Geena Davis - Veronica Quaife

“The function of a civil resistance is to provoke response and we will continue to provoke until they respond or change the law. They are not in control; we are.”
Ben Kingsley - Mahatma Gandhi

“You want me to respect the law? Then make the law respectable.”
Anne-Marie Duff - Violet Miller

“- Dr. Wilbur Larch: She died of secrecy. She died of... ignorance. Homer, did you expect to be responsible for their children, you have to give them the right to decide whether or not to have children. Wouldn't you agree?
- Homer Wells: I'm not excepting people to be responsible enough to control themselves to begin with.”
Sir Michael Caine - Dr. Wilbur Larch
Tobey Maguire - Homer Wells

“Do I interfere when absolutely helpless women tell me they simply can't have an abortion - that they simply must go through with having another and yet another orphan? I do not. I do not even recommend. I just give them what they want.”

Sir Michael Caine - Dr. Wilbur Larch