Roots of Roe

Roots of Roe (1993)

Documentary

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

Casts

	Peter Coyote as James Morris (voice)
	Katharine Hepburn as Kit Hepburn (voice)
	Mark Lamos as Fr. Eugene Cryne (voice)
	Jason Robards as Anthony Comstock (voice)
	Brooke Shields as Pomfret Witness (voice)
	Sharon Stone as Angela Heywood (voice)
	James Whitmore as Pope Pius XI (voice)
	Joanne Woodward as Margaret Sanger (voice)
	Anne Archer as Letters to Margaret Sanger (voice)
	Margaret Avery as Letters of Margaret Sanger (voice)
	Drew Barrymore as Letters of Margaret Sanger (voice)
	Ellen Burstyn as Letters of Margaret Sanger (voice)

Crew