Roe vs. Wade
TV Movie | Drama
6.5
Release Date
May 15, 1989
Duration
100 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
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.
Casts
Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
Holly Hunter
Sarah Weddington
Amy Madigan
Ron Weddington
Chris Mulkey
Jay Floyd
Terry O'Quinn
Darryl Horwath
Stephen Tobolowsky
Jimmy Russell
James Gammon
Bob Flowers
Dion Anderson
Jessie
Kathy Bates
Ida Russell
Micole Mercurio
Terry Bowman
David Wohl
Jerry Hardin
Daniel Benzali
Ken Jenkins
Supreme Court Judge
George Murdock
James Avery
Supreme Court Judge
Paul Lambert
Supreme Court Judge
Kenneth Tigar
Jerry
Glenn Morshower
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