Roe vs. Wade

Roe vs. Wade

6.8

May 15 1989

2h 40m

TV Movie, Drama

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.

Holly Hunter

Holly Hunter

Ellen Russell / Jane Doe

Amy Madigan

Amy Madigan

Sarah Weddington

Chris Mulkey

Chris Mulkey

Ron Weddington

Terry O'Quinn

Terry O'Quinn

Jay Floyd