Roe vs. Wade

Synopsis

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.

Director

Gregory Hoblit

Written by

Alison Cross

Music

W.G. Snuffy Walden

Studio

The Mannheim Company

Released

15 May 1989

Genres

TV Movie, Drama