Lawyer Who Argued Roe v. Wade Dies at 76

Kitty Wang
By Kitty Wang
December 27, 2021NTD Evening News
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Sarah Weddington, a Texas attorney who argued the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade in 1973, died Sunday at the age of 76.

She died in her sleep early Sunday morning at her Austin home “after a series of health issues,” according to her former student Susan Hays.

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