Roots of Roe

Overview

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

Directed by Andrea Haas Hubbell

Top cast

Peter Coyote

James Morris (voice)

Katharine Hepburn

Kit Hepburn (voice)

M

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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