Zurawski v Texas will have a limited theatrical release in Dallas, screening at the Texas Theatre between Sunday and Tuesday.
The documentary, produced by Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence, Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton follows the legal battle waged over reproductive rights by a group of women who were denied abortions in Texas.
The women, who had serious pregnancy complications, alleged that the state’s near-total abortion ban put their lives at risk. In attendance at the Monday and Tuesday screenings will be documentary co-director Maisie Crow and Austin Dennard, a Texas OB-GYN, who was also a plaintiff in the case.
In a September interview with People, Lawrence spoke about why she got involved with the documentary.
“As online trolls like to point out every time I get involved in politics, I didn’t go to school. I dropped out of middle school, so I don’t have a classic education,” Lawrence said. “Storytelling is where I get most of my education.”
The stories of the Texas women, she said, can “enlighten people’s idea of what abortion is and why certain people need abortions — and why it’s so important to keep lawmakers out of families and out of people’s doctors’ offices.”
Amanda Zurawski, the lead plaintiff in the case, has become the face of abortion access.
In 2022, four months into her pregnancy, Zurawski’s water broke. Doctors told her the baby would not survive. Due to Texas state law, she could not get an abortion, since the baby had a detectable heartbeat.
The doctors had her wait until she displayed signs of an infection to terminate the pregnancy. She developed sepsis, a life-threatening condition, and ended up with a damaged fallopian tube.
Amanda and her husband Josh Zurawski were expected to join Vice President Kamala Harris at a rally in Houston on Friday night, according to CNN. Harris has campaigned on the promise to restore “reproductive freedom,” in reference to Roe vs. Wade being overturned.
Tickets for Zurawski v Texas can be purchased on the Texas Theatre’s website.
