Roe vs. Wade 1989

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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.

Release Date 1989-05-15
Runtime 1h 40m
Directors Gregory Hoblit, Newton Thomas Sigel
Producers Michael Manheim, Gregory Hoblit, Alison Cross
Writer Alison Cross