Roe vs. Wade

• 6.813
• 1989-05-15
• 100 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Holly Hunter (Ellen Russell / Jane Doe) Amy Madigan (Sarah Weddington) Chris Mulkey (Ron Weddington) Terry O'Quinn (Jay Floyd) Stephen Tobolowsky (Darryl Horwath) James Gammon (Jimmy Russell) Dion Anderson (Bob Flowers) Kathy Bates (Jessie) Micole Mercurio (Ida Russell) David Wohl (Terry Bowman)

Director:

Gregory Hoblit

Writer:

Alison Cross