Roe v. Wade lawyer dies, former student says; as Supreme Court reconsiders landmark abortion case
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Sarah Weddington, one of the attorneys who argued the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade in 1973, passed away at the age of 76, a former student said Sunday. Her reported death comes while the Supreme Court is considering a case with the potential to reverse the landmark abortion case.
"With Linda Coffee she filed the first case of her legal career, Roe v. Wade, fresh out of law school," Hays added. "She was my professor at UT, the best writing instructor I ever had, and a great mentor." Hayes noted that Weddington argued Roe at age 27.
The daughter of a Methodist minister, Weddington was born in 1945 in Abilene, Texas. She argued Roe in 1972 and won election to the Texas House of Representatives in 1973, where she served three terms. She served in the Department of Agriculture in 1977, and she served as assistant to President Jimmy Carter from 1978 to 1981, directing his administration's work on women's issues.
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