Roe v Wade
How a young lawyer from Texas got the US abortion laws changed in 1973
Witness History · BBC World Service
May 4, 20229m 2s
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Show Notes
In 1973, a landmark decision was made in the US Supreme Court which made abortion legal. The late Sarah Weddington brought the case, even though she was fresh out of law school at the time. She spoke to Chloe Hadjimatheou in 2012. Sarah Weddington died in December 2021.
(Photo: Sarah Weddington pictured in 1979. Credit: Getty Images)