Roe vs. Wade (1989)
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.
TV Movie, Drama
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
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