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Roe vs. Wade (1989)

Movie
Audience Score
68
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NR 1 hr 40 minMay 15th, 1989Drama, TV Movie
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.
StarringHolly HunterAmy MadiganChris Mulkey
DirectorGregory Hoblit
WriterAlison Cross

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Michael Manheim
Production Companies:The Mannheim Company, NBC Productions, NBC
Movie Tags:
based on true storytexasabortioncourtroomsupreme courtlegal system