Sarah Weddington, who argued for the plaintiff in the landmark Roe v. Wade case before the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1970s, died Sunday. She was 76.
reported. She graduated from McMurry University in Abilene, Texas, with a degree in English in 1964 and earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law in 1967.in 2017. “But that wasn’t working out so well, so I decided to go to law school instead. In this, I was encouraged by the dean of my college, who told me that it would be far too tough for a woman. ‘As sure as dammit I am going,’ I thought.
After graduating from law school, Weddington joined a group of students who were seeking to challenge anti-abortion laws, agreeing to file a suit against the state of Texas on their behalf,reported. Soon after, 21-year-old Norma Jean McCorvey was referred to Weddington and her colleague, Linda Coffee. McCorvey became the plaintiff, “Jane Roe”, although by the time the Supreme Court issued its ruling, her baby had been born and given up for adoption.
Sarah Weddington, who at 26 convinced the Supreme Court that women have a right to abortion, has died at 76
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