Sarah Weddington was just 25 years old when she filed the complaint in Roe v. Wade in a federal court in Austin Texas in 1970, and just 27 years old when she argued it before the Supreme Court in 1972. She died yesterday at 76. 1/
This is the cover of her book "A Question of Choice," published in 1992. I read it in college and it has graced my bookshelf ever since. I held it up when I gave a short talk in support of Roe outside the Supreme Court on December 1 of this year. 2/ 
This is the book's dedication. 3/
This is the first page of Chapter 1, "Beginnings," where she talks about obtaining an illegal abortion in 1967. 4/
This paragraph appears at the end: "This book has a final page, but the story of Roe will never end. It is the story of the women of this country and their continuing efforts to push back the barriers that have limited their decisions and circumscribed their freedoms;... 5/
it is a story lived daily by countless women and the men who care about them. Increasing numbers of people are rallying to protect not just the words of Roe, but what we wanted those words to mean in our lives." 6/
Rest in power, sister, and thank you so much for everything you did for us. END
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