Sarah Weddington, attorney who won Roe v Wade abortion case, dies aged 76
by Martin Pengelly in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#5TCY3)
Texan lawyer and Linda Coffee won landmark 1973 case, safeguarding right now under threat from US supreme court
Sarah Weddington, an attorney who argued and won the Roe v Wade supreme court case which established the right to abortion in the US, has died. She was 76.
Susan Hays, a Democratic candidate for Texas agriculture commissioner, announced the news on Twitter on Sunday. The Dallas Morning News confirmed it.
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