

Roe vs. Wade (1989)
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.
Release Date : May 15, 1989
Runtime : 100m
Companies : The Mannheim Company, NBC Productions, NBC
Countries : United States of America
Keywords : texas, based on true story, supreme court, courtroom, abortion, legal system