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Sarah Weddington

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Sarah Ragle Weddington (born February 5, 1945), is an American attorney, law professor and former member of the Texas House of Representatives best known for representing "Jane Roe" (real name Norma McCorvey) in the landmark Roe v. Wade case before the United States Supreme Court. [1]

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Abilene, Texas

Abilene is a city in Taylor and Jones counties in West Texas, United States.

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Amy Madigan

Amy Marie Madigan (born September 11, 1950) is an American actress, producer, and singer.

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Austin College

Austin College is a private liberal arts college affiliated by covenant relationship with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and located in Sherman, Texas.

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Constitutional amendment

A constitutional amendment is a modification of the constitution of a nation or state.

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Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Eighth Amendment (Amendment VIII) of the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments.

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Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fifth Amendment (Amendment V) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights and, among other things, protects individuals from being compelled to be witnesses against themselves in criminal cases.

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First Amendment to the United States Constitution

The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents Congress from making any law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble, or to petition for a governmental redress of grievances.

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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.

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Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights that prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.

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Griswold v. Connecticut

Griswold v. Connecticut,, is a landmark case in the United States about access to contraception.

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Hamilton College (New York)

Hamilton College is a private, nonsectarian liberal arts college in Clinton, New York.

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Henry Wade

Henry Menasco Wade (November 11, 1914 – March 1, 2001) was a Texas lawyer who served as District Attorney of Dallas from 1951 to 1987.

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Lawyer

A lawyer or attorney is a person who practices law, as an advocate, attorney, attorney at law, barrister, barrister-at-law, bar-at-law, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor at law, or solicitor, but not as a paralegal or charter executive secretary.

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Linda Coffee

Linda Nellene Coffee was born December 25, 1942.

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McMurry University

McMurry University, founded in 1923, is a private co-educational university in Abilene, Texas, United States.

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Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Ninth Amendment (Amendment IX) to the United States Constitution addresses rights, retained by the people, that are not specifically enumerated in the Constitution.

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Norma McCorvey

Norma Leah McCorvey Nelson; (September 22, 1947 – February 18, 2017), better known by the legal pseudonym "Jane Roe", was the plaintiff in the landmark American lawsuit Roe v. Wade in 1973.

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Nova Southeastern University

Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is a private nonprofit university, with a main campus located on 315 acres in Davie, in the US state of Florida.

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Republican Party of Texas

The Republican Party of Texas (RPT) is one of the two major political parties in the U.S. State of Texas.

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Roe v. Wade

Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), is a landmark decision issued in 1973 by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of the constitutionality of laws that criminalized or restricted access to abortions.

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Roe vs. Wade (film)

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Sigma Kappa

Sigma Kappa (ΣΚ) is a sorority founded in 1874 at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.

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Southwestern University

Southwestern University (also referred to as Southwestern or SU) is a private, four-year, not-for-profit undergraduate, liberal arts college located in Georgetown, Texas, United States.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.

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Texas House of Representatives

The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature.

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Texas Woman's University

Texas Woman's University (historically the College of Industrial Arts and Texas State College for Women, commonly known as TWU) is a co-educational university in Denton, Texas, United States, with two health science center branches in Dallas and Houston.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Department of Agriculture

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), also known as the Agriculture Department, is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, and food.

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University of Texas School of Law

The University of Texas School of Law (Texas Law) is an ABA-certified law school on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Weddington

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