Zurawski v Texas Documentary Film
This new critically acclaimed documentary film shadows three Center clients from Texas denied abortion care—even while facing life-threatening pregnancy complications—and the Center attorney fighting on their behalf.
Online and In-Person Screenings
>> Stream on Jolt: The film is currently available to stream online here.
>> In-person Theater Screenings: The film is being screened in theaters across the country. Find a location near you.
About the Film
Watch the trailer:
In the new documentary feature film Zurawski v Texas, independent filmmakers Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault show the stark and terrifying reality of what it means to be pregnant in a U.S. state that has banned abortion—and the bravery, grit and determination that it takes to speak out.
Crow and Perrault followed three Texas women who were denied medically necessary abortion care—Amanda Zurawski, Samantha Casiano, and Dr. Austin Dennard—as they brought their stories and battled their case up to the Texas Supreme Court, with the help of the Center for Reproductive Rights’ Senior Staff Attorney Molly Duane.
The film, which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in August, reveals the dire impact of losing access to health care—and the extraordinary efforts of the women and men fighting on the frontline to regain those rights.
More about the film:
>> “Zurawski v Texas & Mediha Announced Finalists for the 2025 Social Impact Media Awards!” Together Films, 01.09.25
>> “Texas Abortion Docu ‘Zurawski v Texas’ Wins Inaugural Artemis Rising Foundation Award for Social Impact at HIFF,” Vanity Fair, 10.13.24
>> “Documentary Zurawski v Texas Reveals the Personal Devastation of Antiabortion Laws,” Vanity Fair, 08.30.24.
Below you’ll find information about the Center’s case against Texas, the legal landscape for abortion rights across the United States, and ways that you can get involved in making positive change.
The Case: Zurawski v. State of Texas
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Clients’ Stories: Read about the experiences of the Texas women denied abortion care and the physicians prevented from providing care. (Shown left speaking is Amanda Zurawski, lead plaintiff.)
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Case Details: Follow the Center’s court fight against the state of Texas and its extreme abortion bans.
Voices from Abortion Ban States
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Center clients in Texas, Tennessee and other states speak out about being denied essential abortion care. Explore their stories here.
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Learn more about the abortion laws in your state since the fall of Roe with the Center’s “After Roe Fell: Abortion Laws by State” map.
Take Action
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Tell Congress to restore our abortion rights! We need a federal law to guarantee our right to abortion nationwide—tell Congress today!
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Support the Center. Help fund our work for clients like Amanda, Samantha and Dr. Dennard so we can restore—and advance—our reproductive freedoms!
About the Center for Reproductive Rights
The Center uses the power of law to advance reproductive rights as fundamental human rights around the world. Through game-changing litigation, legal policy, and advocacy work, the Center has improved reproductive rights and access to life-saving obstetrics care, safe abortion services, contraception, and more. Because of the Center’s work, over the past two years, 2.3 billion more people are living under stronger legal protections for reproductive rights.
