Protect And Defend

The young woman is Mary Ann Tierney. She is 15 years old. Within days her name will be known to millions acrosss America, her court case a television must-watch for everyone from the President downwards. s Mary Ann takes on her own parents and the constitional law of the United States in a desperate bid to protect her future right to bear children, the ramifications of the 'Tierney' case bring a threat to the new President, Kerry Kilcannon, to his nominee for Chief Justice, Caroline Masters, and to his main rival for the Presidency, Senator Chad Palmer. All have dangerous secrets in their past, secrets that would not only threaten careers, but bring death and tragedy to innocent lives. A tense, moving account of the tangled moral issues at the heart of the most difficult decision a woman has to take. It plays out the terrible consequences when the media takes people's private lives and turns them into public entertainment.