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struggle4progress

(118,237 posts) Sun Jan 22, 2017, 03:41 PM Jan 2017

Roe v. Wade Attorney: Trump Threat to Reproductive Rights

by ELIZABETH CHUCK and DANIELLA SILVA
JAN 22 2017, 7:30 AM ET

... Sarah Weddington, the lawyer who argued Roe v. Wade, says now that her legacy — and the law itself— has never been more at risk.

Just 26 years old at the time, Weddington knew she was going against the odds as she fought on behalf of Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff known as Jane Roe in the landmark case. McCorvey had been denied an abortion in her home state of Texas, and Weddington, who hadn't done much legal work other than divorce cases and wills before representing McCorvey, ended up before the Supreme Court to argue the biggest women's rights case of the century.

Today, on the anniversary of the decision, Weddington feels as if the fight for women's reproductive rights is harder than ever ...

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/roe-v-wade-attorney-trump-biggest-threat-yet-reproductive-rights-n707871

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Roe v. Wade Attorney: Trump Threat to Reproductive Rights (Original Post) struggle4progress Jan 2017 OP
It's not just reproductive rights saidsimplesimon Jan 2017 #1
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1. It's not just reproductive rights
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Sun Jan 22, 2017, 03:47 PM
Jan 2017

that are the target of evangelical bigots, it includes women who accept domination spiritually, emotionally and physically.

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