About Roe vs. Wade
- Released on May 15, 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.
Full Cast of Roe vs. Wade
Holly Hunter plays Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
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David Wohl plays Terry Bowman
Jerry Hardin
Daniel Benzali
Ken Jenkins
George Murdock plays Supreme Court Judge
James Avery
Paul Lambert plays Supreme Court Judge
Kenneth Tigar plays Supreme Court Judge
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