<p>Roe v. Wade establishing the right to abortion was decided January 22, 1973. It was argued and won by Sarah Weddington, a young lawyer with little experience. In this 2012 interview on the 39th anniversary of the decision, Martha Burk talked with her on what it was like. Weddington died in 2021, a year before the Supreme Court overturned Roe in 2022.</p>

Roe v. Wade establishing the right to abortion was decided January 22, 1973. It was argued and won by Sarah Weddington, a young lawyer with little experience. In this 2012 interview on the 39th anniversary of the decision, Martha Burk talked with her on what it was like. Weddington died in 2021, a year before the Supreme Court overturned Roe in 2022.

An interview with the woman who argued Roe v. Wade and won

Equal Time with Martha Burk is a weekly 2 ½ minute podcast, with occasional 30 minute interviews on current affairs.  She covers political issues, how decisions in Washington and around the world affect ordinary citizens, particularly women (with no shouting), historical anniversaries of note, what’s changed and what hasn’t. Lively, pithy commentary on a wide variety of important topics with a light (and sometimes irreverent) touch: past progress, needed future advances, and what’s at stake now for women and men -- as citizens, as voters, and inhabitants of the world we live in and help to shape. And -- you'll almost always learn something you didn't know.

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Equal Time with Martha Burk is a weekly 2 ½ minute podcast, with occasional 30 minute interviews on current affairs. She covers political issues, how decisions in Washington and around the world affect ordinary citizens, particularly women (with no shouting), historical anniversaries of note, what’s changed and what hasn’t. Lively, pithy commentary on a wide variety of important topics with a light (and sometimes irreverent) touch: past progress, needed future advances, and what’s at stake now for women and men -- as citizens, as voters, and inhabitants of the world we live in and help to shape. And -- you'll almost always learn something you didn't know.

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