Sarah Weddington: Roe vs. Wade

Sarah Weddington: Roe vs. Wade St. Olaf Women's History at College The monthly theme is "Women in Politics". Guest speaker was Sarah Weddington who heard the victory of Roe vs. Wade in the US Supreme Court in July 1973. This decision had a major impact on women's reproductive rights by reversing the Texas abortion interpretation and legalizing abortion in the United States. The decision of Roe vs. Wade was that women and her doctor could opt for abortion without restriction in the first few months of pregnancy and will be limited by privacy over the next few months.

At the age of 26 Roe v. After fighting the court with Wade, Sarah Weddington continued to serve as representative of the Texas House of Representatives for a term of three years. Weddington also served as a legal advisor to the US Department of Agriculture, Assistant to President Jimmy Carter, a lecturer at Texas and Wesleyan University, and a lecturer and deputy professor at the University of Texas at Austin. President Richard Nixon did not publicly comment on this decision. In a personal conversation later revealed as part of the Nixon tape, Nixon said: "Sometimes you need abortion, ...". However, Nixon is also worried that people participating in abortion promote "addiction" and "broke family".

Roe v. Wade is a lawsuit that began in Texas and ended in the Supreme Court and gives all women the right to abortion. Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee are Jane Roe 's lawyers and they are women desiring abortion in Texas. Weddington and Coffee believe abortion law infringes women's constitutional rights (Romaine 26). They believe that what women do to their bodies is countless right (which is implied by the Constitution, but not specifically defined) (Romans 13). Like two lawyers, many campaigns that support choice think that women should have privacy and that the movement of government and pro-life should not prevent women's choice.