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:No relation to the former state chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, ''Susan Weddington'' Sarah Ragle Weddington (born February 5, 1945), is an American attorney, law professor, and former member of the Texas House of Representatives best known for representing "Jane Roe" (real name Norma McCorvey) in the landmark ''Roe v. Wade'' case before the United States Supreme Court.〔Muhammad Aurang Zeb Mughal (2010) 'Roe v. Wade'. Brigitte H. Bechtold and Donna Cooper Graves (eds), ''An Encyclopedia of Infanticide''. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, pp. 227-228.〕 In 1989, she was portrayed by Amy Madigan in the television film ''Roe vs. Wade''. ==Background and Education== Born Sarah Ragle in Abilene, Texas, Weddington is the daughter of Lena Catherine and Rev. Herbert Doyle Ragle, a Methodist minister. As a child, she was drum major of her junior high band, president of the Methodist youth fellowship at her church, played the organ, sang in the church choir, and rode horses. As a sophomore in high school, she was president of the Future Homemakers of America, stating, "That was one of the few things that a woman could be president of, so I was". Weddington graduated from high school two years early, and then graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in English from McMurry University. She is a member of Sigma Kappa sorority. In 1964, she entered the University of Texas Law School. Weddington was one of five women entering her class of 120 students and one of only 40 women in the entire student body of 1,600 students. She was in a class that included future United States Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. In 1967, during her third year of law school, Weddington faced an unplanned pregnancy with her partner Ron Weddington (whom she married in 1968), and travelled to Mexico for an illegal abortion. She received her J.D. that same year, graduating in the top quarter of her class. Weddington holds honorary doctorates from McMurry University, Hamilton College, Austin College, Southwestern University, and Nova Southeastern University. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sarah Weddington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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