Roe vs. Wade (1989)

6.0/10 100 min TV Movie Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

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

Jerry Hardin

Daniel Benzali

Ken Jenkins

George Murdock

Supreme Court Judge

James Avery

Paul Lambert

Supreme Court Judge

Kenneth Tigar

Supreme Court Judge

Glenn Morshower

Jerry

Annabella Price

Linda Coffey

Ward Costello

Supreme Court Judge

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