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Roe vs. Wade (1989) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1989 · 100 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Gregory Hoblit
- Starring
- Holly Hunter, Chris Mulkey, Kathy Bates, Stephen Tobolowsky, David L. Crowley, Ken Jenkins
Holly Hunter plays an isolated, uneducated Texan who discovers she is pregnant and cannot afford a child. Seeking an abortion, she is denied under Texas law and hires an inexperienced lawyer to take her case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court eventually overturns the ban, but the decision comes after her pregnancy has passed nine months.
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