{"id":1161882,"date":"2021-12-27T16:49:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T21:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1161882"},"modified":"2021-12-27T16:49:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T21:49:55","slug":"attorney-who-won-roe-v-wade-dead-at-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attorney-who-won-roe-v-wade-dead-at-76\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney Who Won Roe v. Wade Dead At 76"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fattorney-who-won-roe-v-wade-dead-at-76%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1161882&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sarah Weddington, the attorney who represented \u201cJane Roe\u201d in the landmark Supreme Court abortion case <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, has died.<\/p>\n<p>She was 76 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Weddington passed away in her Austin, Texas home on Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/sarah-weddington-lawyer-argued-roe-v-wade-dies-76-rcna10021\">according<\/a> to Susan Hays, Weddington\u2019s former student and colleague. She had reportedly been battling health issues for several years before her death.<\/p>\n<p>A minister\u2019s daughter and Texas native, Weddington went to law school at the University of Texas and later teamed up with her former classmate Linda Coffee to bring a class-action lawsuit challenging Texas\u2019 abortion ban.<\/p>\n<p>During their search for plaintiffs, Weddington and Coffee met Norma McCorvey, who was pregnant at the time with her third child and wanted an abortion. McCorvey was 22 at the time and had struggled with drug abuse and poverty. McCorvey died in 2017 at 69.<\/p>\n<p>Weddington successfully represented McCorvey, referred to in court documents as \u201cJane Roe,\u201d in <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, the Supreme Court case that legalized abortion nationwide in 1973. The case was initially brought against Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade and eventually advanced to the nation\u2019s highest court.<\/p>\n<p>McCorvey gave birth to her child and placed the baby up for adoption while the lawsuit was still ongoing. She later converted to Catholicism and became a pro-life advocate, but toward the end of her life she suggested that her conversion and activism were financially motivated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSarah Weddington was a Texas giant,\u201d Texas state&nbsp;Rep. John Bucy, a Democrat representing the Austin area, wrote in a Sunday tweet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer passion for reproductive freedom was matched by her compassion for our neighbors,\u201d Rep. Lloyd Doggett, another Austin Democrat, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe shows the tremendous impact that one determined woman can make. With Sarah gone, it is more important than ever to ensure that the fundamental constitutional freedom for which she secured recognition from our highest court is not also gone,\u201d Doggett said.<\/p>\n<p>Every year since <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> was decided, pro-life Americans have gathered in Washington, D.C. for the March for Life on the anniversary of the court\u2019s decision. Thousands of pro-life students, mothers, fathers, and others march down Constitution Avenue and up to the steps of the Supreme Court to protest legalized abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Texas recently passed an abortion bill known as a \u201cheartbeat law,\u201d which bans almost all abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected at around six weeks of pregnancy. The law directly conflicts with <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, and litigation challenging it is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas law, which went into effect on Sep. 1, does not make exceptions for abortions in cases of rape and incest. The only time the law permits abortions is when the life of the mother is at stake or the pregnancy could cause \u201csubstantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Texas law allows private citizens to launch civil lawsuits against anyone who \u201caids or abets\u201d an abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected. At least one such lawsuit has already been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/south-texas-el-paso\/news\/2021\/09\/30\/meet-the-first-man-to-file-a-lawsuit-under-texas--near-total-abortion-ban\">filed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"> member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Weddington, the attorney who represented \u201cJane Roe\u201d in the landmark Supreme Court abortion case Roe v. Wade, has died. She was 76 years old. Weddington passed away in her Austin, Texas home on Sunday, according to Susan Hays, Weddington\u2019s former student and colleague. 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