FX Gears Up for First Documentary

FX has acquired its first-ever documentary feature film, AKA Jane Roe, the revealing story of Norma McCorvey, who was “Jane Roe” in the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on abortion rights.

AKA Jane Roe will premiere Friday, May 22, at 9 p.m., on FX and be available the next day on FX on Hulu. Behind one of the Supreme Court’s most polarizing decisions—the verdict in Roe v. Wade—is a woman as controversial as her case. In what would be the final year of her life, McCorvey reveals the unvarnished truth behind her journey from pro-choice to pro-life and beyond in what she calls her “deathbed confession.”

AKA Jane Roe is directed by Nick Sweeney and produced by Sweeney, Kerstin Emhoff and Chiemi Karasawa.