Serita Fontanesi joins The Texan Optimist host Becky Bullard to discuss the story of the young Texas women who won Roe v Wade.

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About URGE:

https://urge.org/ 

Abortion rights in Texas now:

https://www.aclutx.org/know-your-rights/abortion-texas/ 

Linda Coffee article in the Texas Tribune:

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/12/linda-coffee-abortion-texas-roe/

About The Rag newspaper:

http://www.nuevoanden.com/rag/background.html 

https://aliceembree.substack.com/p/the-rag-v-regents 

https://www.texasobserver.org/roes-grassroots-beginnings-abortion-ut-austin/ 

About the Lone Star Three:

https://lonestarthree.com/ 

https://msmagazine.com/2026/03/05/lone-star-three-documentary-roe-v-wade-texas-abortion-birth-control-victoria-foe-judy-smith-barbara-hines/ 

More about Barbara Hines:

https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/barbaras-fire-11762585/ 

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