A Question of Choice: Roe v. Wade 40th Anniversary Edition by Sarah Weddington. "As a husband and as a father of a daughter, I am moved by Sarah Weddington's eloquent reminder of what Roe truly meansthat our most private decisions can be made behind the closed doors of our homes, with our families, and in private conversations with our hearts. The book is not an extended defense of a woman's right to choose, rather "A Question of Choice" looks at the case of Roe v. Wade and some of the challenges that went into arguing the case. It is a concise history of the debate and provides information on the lawyers/5(). · 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/5.
A Question of Choice. By: Sarah Weddington. Narrated by: Mary-Louise Parker. Length: 3 hrs. Unabridged Audiobook. Categories: Politics Social Sciences, Politics Government. out of 5 stars. (6 ratings) Add to Cart failed. Sarah Weddington argued Roe v. Wade. She was twenty-six years old. A Question of Choice, published in , is her story, a story that doubles as a history of Roe v. Wade and its first twenty-year aftermath, a history Weddington imbues with insider details that bring Roe to life. Who knew, for instance, that Roe took root in the fall of at. 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 twenty-seven she successfully argued Roe bltadwin.ru, the landmark court case that gave American women the right to bltadwin.ru has served in the Texas house of representatives, and was a White House advisor to President Jimmy Carter.
Sarah Weddington argued Roe v. Wade. She was twenty-six years old. A Question of Choice, published in , is her story, a story that doubles as a history of Roe v. Wade and its first twenty-year aftermath, a history Weddington imbues with insider details that bring Roe to life. Who knew, for instance, that Roe took root in the fall of at a garage sale intended to raise money for an abortion referral project in Austin?. A QUESTION OF CHOICE. By Sarah Weddington. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Pp. $ As a third-year law student in , Sarah Weddington got preg-nant. Afraid to disappoint her parents and unprepared to assume the responsibility of raising a child, she traveled with her future husband. KIRKUS REVIEW. u The lawyer who argued Roe v. Wade presents a compelling memoir of her handling of that seminal Supreme Court case--into which she artlessly weaves her own biography; a history of the abortion- rights struggle; and an idealistic call to combat political and judicial forces that seek to narrow or overturn Roe. Roe v. Wade has been condemned as a raw exercise in judicial policy-making, and as lacking an explicit basis in the Constitution, but for Weddington it.
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