09-03-2017 12:54 via theguardian.com

Roe v Wade: Suffragette producers to make film about abortion ruling

Story will centre on Sarah Weddington, the lawyer who represented Norma McCorvey in landmark case that paved way for abortion rights across USThe producers of Suffragette are to make a film telling the story of Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that gave every woman in the US the right to have an abortion.According to Deadline, Alison Owen and Debra Hayward’s Monumental Pictures is set to produce the film, which will be written by the Bafta-winning screenwriter Jennifer Majka. Continue
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