Roe vs. Wade
1989 · 1h 40m · 6.0
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, Amy Madigan, Chris Mulkey, Terry O'Quinn, Stephen Tobolowsky, James Gammon, Dion Anderson, Kathy Bates, Micole Mercurio, David Wohl
texas, based on true story, supreme court, courtroom, abortion, legal system