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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

Pod extra: The lawyer who argued for Roe in Roe v. Wade

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

Talk Show, News, On Point, Daily, Npr

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In a podcast extra, Meghna Chakrabarti reflects on a 2017 conversation with Sarah Weddington, the Texas attorney who successfully argued Roe v. Wade 44 years ago.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:18.7

Welcome to a podcast only special interview from On Point.

0:22.5

I'm Megna Chacrabardi.

0:24.7

The recent leak of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's draft ruling

0:28.8

on the most important case in years has the entire nation preparing for a future

0:34.2

where the federal government no longer guarantees a woman's right to access abortion services.

0:40.4

Because the Supreme Court looks set to overturn Roe vs Wade, the landmark case that legalized

0:46.8

abortion in America in 1973.

0:50.9

That had me digging through my old interviews.

0:54.1

Because five years ago I sat down for a conversation with Sarah Weddington.

0:59.3

In the 1970s she was the lawyer who represented Jane Roe at the Supreme Court.

1:06.3

First in number 70-18, Roe against Wade.

1:12.3

Mrs. Weddington you may proceed whenever you're ready.

1:15.3

She was 26 years old.

1:18.0

Mr. Chief Justice in my place the court.

1:20.3

We are once again before this court to ask,

1:24.4

relieve against the continued enforcement of the Texas abortion statute.

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