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World Service,18 Jan 2012,10 mins

Roe v Wade

Witness History

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In January 1973 abortion was legalised across the USA. Hear from one of the young female lawyers who took the case to the Supreme Court. Sarah Weddington had just graduated from law school when she took on the cause. Audio archive courtesy of Oyez Project at the Chicago Kent College of Law.

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