Roe vs. Wade (1989)
Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case in the US supreme court. Eventually the law is changed, but for the character it takes longer than nine months.
- Released
- 1989-05-15
- Genres
- TV Movie, Drama
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Gregory Hoblit
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 from 12 votes
Cast
- Holly Hunter as Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
- Amy Madigan as Sarah Weddington
- Chris Mulkey as Ron Weddington
- Terry O'Quinn as Jay Floyd
- Stephen Tobolowsky as Darryl Horwath
- James Gammon as Jimmy Russell
- Dion Anderson as Bob Flowers
- Kathy Bates as Jessie
- Micole Mercurio as Ida Russell
- David Wohl as Terry Bowman
- Jerry Hardin
- Daniel Benzali