189
Sarah Weddington, iconic attorney for representing ‘Jane Roe’, real name Norma McCorvey, in the Roe v Wade case at the Supreme Court, with which the sages legalized abortion in the United States, has died at the age of 76. The American media reported this, citing some students from Weddington as a source. At the age of 26, Weddintgon presented McCorvey’s case to American sages. The two met in 1970, when McCorvey was pregnant and wanted to have an abortion. In presenting the Weddington case he tried to maintain McCorvey’s anonymity by calling her Jane Roe. In 1973 the Supreme Court, with a seven to two majority, legalized abortion in the United States.