Norma McCorvey
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Norma Leah Nelson McCorvey, also known by the pseudonym Jane Roe, was the plaintiff in the landmark 1973 American legal case Roe v. Wade in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that individual state law
McCorvey in 1989
Sarah Weddington
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Sarah Catherine Ragle Weddington was an American attorney, law professor, advocate for women's rights and reproductive health, and member of the Texas House of Representatives. She was best known for
Norma McCorvey
…stated that she was only interested in an abortion, but agreed to meet with McCluskey. Eventually, McCorvey was referred to attorneys Linda Coffee and Sarah Weddington, who were looking for pregnant women seeking abortions. The Roe v. Wade case (Henry Wade was the district attorney) took three years of trials to reach…
Weddington in 1978
Weddington in Washington, D.C. in 2004