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Linda Coffee argued Roe v. Wade. Now, she’s watching its demise.

Coffee was just 30 when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with her argument that the constitutional right to privacy extended to abortion: “I thought, OK, well this is done now. I was thinking the [abortion] question was settled for as long as the country lasted.”

The Texas Tribune

As she prepares to leave Congress, Eddie Bernice Johnson fears a rollback in the civil rights she fought decades to advance

Johnson’s barrier-breaking political career started in the heart of deeply segregated Texas. She is nearing the end of her 15th — and last — term representing Dallas. In January, she will retire.

The Texas Tribune

In Texas, where abortion rights began, GOP builds new barriers

AUSTIN, Texas — Linda Coffee was in her mid-20s and barely out of law school when she and former classmate Sarah Weddington stunned the legal establishment—and much of America—by successfully arguing Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized abortion in 1973.

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Roe vs Wade: Lawyer who argued landmark US abortion case outraged over possible reversal

‘I think that’s going to be awful. It’s going to cost a lot more for people that don’t have good healthcare or just poor,’ she says

The Independent UK

Lawyer who argued landmark US abortion case outraged over possible reversal

Mineola (United States) (AFP) - The leak of a US Supreme Court draft ruling that would seemingly overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision securing a nationwide right to abortion has sparked widespread outrage -- but attorney Linda Coffee is especially miffed.

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