The young Weddington expected her class action lawsuit against Harry Wade, the Texas attorney general, to be a routine trial, just one of a “mountain of cases” advocating a woman’s right to choose. Instead, she found herself arguing Roe, her first major case, before the Supreme Court in 1973.

“I’m very grateful that I happened to be in the place from which I could argue that it is not the government’s decision whether you decide to become pregnant, and whether you decide to continue or terminate your pregnancy,” said Weddington, now a lecturer, author, and attorney.

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