Attorney Sarah Weddington, who won abortion rights in the United States, has died

She was one of the architects of abortion rights in the United States. Attorney Sarah Weddington, who successfully litigated the Roe v. Wade, Sunday, December 26, at the age of 76. In 1973, m^I Weddington and fellow attorney Linda Coffey filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of a pregnant woman to challenge a Texas law banning abortions.

“She appealed to Linda Covey in what was the first case of her career, Roe v. Wade, when she was just graduating from law school”Susan Hayes wrote, One of his former students on Twitter. “She was my teacher” And Opening my eyes to the fragility of my rights and freedomShe confirmed that the lawyer surrendered A series of health problems. this information The family confirmed it in a letter sent to the local newspaper Texas Tribune.

The case of Jane Roe – real name Norma McCorvey – against Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade eventually reached the Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of abortion rights. This, which is not guaranteed by US federal law, has since been based on this case law: Historic Supreme Court Decision in Roe v. valleyAnd Acquaintance from 1973.

Pete threatens to draw water

In this ruling, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution guaranteed a woman’s right to an abortion and that states could not deny her it. In 1992, she made it clear that this right is true unless the fetus is not “viable”, that is, until approximately 22 to 24 weeks of gestation.

Today, however, the majority of US Supreme Court justices seem inclined to amend this legal framework that for nearly fifty years has guaranteed the right of American women to have an abortion, either by restricting it or simply by abolishing it. .

But US President Joe Biden assured 1^{is being} December is “I continued” To support the cause of Roe v. valley. This is a historical station “It looks like a house on the edge of a beach threatening to draw water and collapse”m has already warned^I Weddington in 1998.