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May 2022
23m 18s

The Story of Roe v. Wade, Part 1: Who Wa...

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This week, the release of a draft Supreme Court opinion striking down Roe v. Wade has put a spotlight on the 50-year-old case that redefined abortion in America. Today, we revisit a two-part series that first ran in 2018 about the history of the case and the woman behind it. In Part 1, the story of Jane Roe. 
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