A question of choice
By: Sarah Weddington
Edition: 40th anniversary edition, revised and updated.
Publisher: Feminist Press at the City University of New York
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9781558618121
Subjects: Lawyers; Women lawyers; Abortion; Biography
Description: On the fortieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, women's reproductive freedom is just as contested as it was before abortion was made legal. Adding a new chapter to her celebrated book about the story behind that great legal challenge, Sarah Weddington brings up-to-date the status of choice and constitutional law. Sarah Weddington is an attorney and lecturer from Austin, Texas. She became a key figure in the reproductive rights movement when at the age of 27 she successfully argued the landmark court case that gave American women the right to abortion.--From publisher description.
Notes: "The lawyer who won Roe V. Wade.  Foreword by Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood.--Cover.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings; title: Yearning for more choices for women; title: The roots of Roe v. Wade; title: Off to Washington; title: Preparing for Supreme Court argument; title: A great day in court; title: VICTORY; title: Storm clouds gathering; title: Rising opposition to Roe; title: Words of choice; title: Remembering the past, looking to the future; title: A plan to fight for reproductive rights; title: A few last comments.