Roe vs. Wade

1h 40min

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.

Production Companies

The Mannheim Company

NBC Productions

NBC

Release date

15th May 1989

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English