Editing Roe v. Wade (section)

==== Sarah Weddington ====
After arguing in ''Roe v. Wade'' at the age of 26, [[Sarah Weddington]] was elected to the [[Texas House of Representatives]] for three terms. Weddington also was [[general counsel]] for the [[United States Department of Agriculture|U.S. Department of Agriculture]], an assistant to President [[Jimmy Carter]],<ref>[https://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/assets/documents/oral_histories/exit_interviews/Weddington.pdf Sarah Weddington Exit Interview] by Emily Soapes, ''Carter Presidential Library'', January 2, 1981</ref> lecturer at the [[Texas A&M University School of Law#History|Texas Wesleyan University School of Law]], and speaker and [[Professors in the United States#Adjunct professor|adjunct professor]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]].<ref name=Lapinski>[https://nation.time.com/2013/01/22/winning-roe-v-wade-qa-with-sarah-weddington/ Winning Roe v. Wade: Q&A with Sarah Weddington] by Valerie Lapinski, ''Time''  (January 22, 2013)</ref>

In a 1993 speech for the Institute for Educational Ethics in Oklahoma, Weddington discussed her conduct during ''Roe'' and stated, "My conduct may not have been totally [[Ethics|ethical]]. But I did it for what I thought were good reasons."<ref>''Tulsa World'', May 24, 1993, selection reprinted in [https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1393&context=coyote-chronicle The Coyote Chronicle], California State University, San Bernardino, Volume 30, Issue 14, May 29, 1996, page four of the Human Life Alliance Advertising Supplement, (page 21 of the pdf)</ref>

In 1998, she said that the lack of doctors to abort fetuses could undermine ''Roe'': "When I look back on the decision, I thought these words had been written in granite. But I've learned it was not granite. It was more like sandstone. The immediate problem is, where will the doctors come from?"<ref>[https://archive.org/details/consistentlyoppo0000unse/page/4/mode/1up Consistently Opposing Killing: From Abortion to Assisted Suicide, the Death Penalty, and War] by Rachel MacNair and Stephen Zunes, April 2008, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger, page 4, quoted from the February 15, 1998 ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''</ref> Weddington died on December 26, 2021.<ref>[https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/26/sarah-weddington-texas-roe-v-wade/ Sarah Weddington, lawyer in Roe v. Wade case, dies at 76] by Kate McGee, ''Texas Tribune'', December 26, 2021 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20211226233510/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/26/sarah-weddington-texas-roe-v-wade/ Archived] December 26, 2021)</ref>