Roe vs. Wade

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.

Cast

Holly Hunter

Ellen Russell / Jane Doe

Amy Madigan

Sarah Weddington

Chris Mulkey

Ron Weddington

Terry O'Quinn

Jay Floyd

Stephen Tobolowsky

Darryl Horwath