1989
- Drama
- TV Movie
Roe vs. Wade
Runtime
1h 40m
Countries
- US
- United States
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.
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StatusReleased
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Release dateMay 15, 1989
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Original LanguageEnglish
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Production Companies
- NBC Productions
- The Mannheim Company