Roots of Roe
1993 · 56 min · Documentary
The American history behind the most controversial decision of modern times.
Abortion and contraception go back thousands of years. So does the question of who should control them. Our attitudes about controlling human reproduction through abortion and contraception have changed radically over the centuries. So have our perceptions of the moral and ethical issues involved. The Roots of Roe reveals the story of abortion and contraception in America from the first surgical abortion in 1742 to the struggles over Roe v. Wade. In a debate often reduced to simple-minded slogans, The Roots of Roe offers partisans and the public a unique historical perspective on contemporary issues. —Captured Time Productions
- Director
- Andrea Haas Hubbell
- Writers
- Jeremy Brecher, Andrea Haas Hubbell
- Released
- November 29, 1993
- Language
- English
Cast
Peter Coyote
James Morris (voice)
Katharine Hepburn
Kit Hepburn (voice)
Mark Lamos
Fr. Eugene Cryne (voice)
Jason Robards
Anthony Comstock (voice)
Brooke Shields
Pomfret Witness (voice)
Sharon Stone
Angela Heywood (voice)
James Whitmore
Pope Pius XI (voice)
Joanne Woodward
Margaret Sanger (voice)
Anne Archer
Letters to Margaret Sanger (voice)
Margaret Avery
Letters of Margaret Sanger (voice)
Drew Barrymore
Letters of Margaret Sanger (voice)
Ellen Burstyn
Letters of Margaret Sanger (voice)
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