- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Release: 1996-12-13
- Director: Alexander Payne
- Writers: Alexander Payne , Jim Taylor
- Language: English
- Stars: Laura Dern , Swoosie Kurtz , Mary Kay Place , Kurtwood Smith , Kelly Preston , M.C. Gainey , Kenneth Mars , David Graf , Kathleen Noone , Tippi Hedren
- Runtime: 106 min
- Awards: 3 wins & 2 nominations
- AKA: Baby Business (Germany) , Ez az életem (Hungary) , Гражданка Рут (Russian Federation) , Građanka Ruth (Croatia) , Гражданката Рут (Bulgaria) , Citizen Ruth (Spain) , Złe i gorsze (Poland) , Citizen Ruth , The Devil Inside (United States of America) , Citizen Ruth (Australia) , Un sujet capital (Canada) , Громадянка Рут (Ukraine) , La storia di Ruth - Donna americana (Italy) , Građanka Rut (Serbia) , Ruth, una chica sorprendente (Spain) , 天使樂翻天 (Taiwan) , Citizen Ruth (United States of America) , Waiting to Inhale (United States of America) , Caminhos Mal Traçados (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Citizen Ruth (Canada) , Ciutadana Ruth (Spain) , Citizen Ruth (United Kingdom) , Precious (United States of America) , Πολίτης Ρουθ (Greece) , Meet Ruth Stoops (United States of America) , Ruth em Questão (Brazil) , Ruth, una chica sorprendente (Mexico) , Kansalainen Ruth (Finland)
- 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...
- IMDB:tt0115906
Citizen Ruth Cast · · · ALL
Alexander Payne
Director
Laura Dern
Ruth Stoops
Swoosie Kurtz
Diane Siegler
Kurtwood Smith
Norm Stoney
Mary Kay Place
Gail Stoney
Kelly Preston
Rachel
M.C. Gainey
Harlan
Kenneth Mars
Dr. Charlie Rollins
David Graf
Judge Richter
Kathleen Noone
Nurse Pat
Tippi Hedren
Jessica Weiss
Burt Reynolds
Blaine Gibbons
Alicia Witt
Cheryl Stoney
Pam Carter
Fran
James Devney
Officer Iverson
Caveh Zahedi
Peter
Delaney Driscoll
Ruth's "Sister"
Judith Hart
Sarah Schneider
Joan Pirkle
Dr. Cary Milton
Michael Tourek
Guy Hit by Toilet Lid
Jeffery Thomas Johnson
Harlan's Biker Friend
Diane Ladd
Ruth's Mother (uncredited)