Rest in Power: Sarah Weddington, Feminist Attorney and Champion of Roe v. Wade | What Commitment to Diversifying the Federal Bench Looks Like | Feminist Wishes for 2022: “We Were Never Meant To Do This Work Alone”
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Today at Ms. | January 3, 2022
 

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Rest in Power: Sarah Weddington, Feminist Attorney and Champion of Roe v. Wade

BY MARTHA BURK | On Jan. 22, 2022, we mark the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the United States. The case was argued by a 26-year-old female lawyer from Texas: Sarah Weddington, in her first appearance before the Court. Female lawyers were so rare in those days that the Supreme Court lawyers lounge didn’t even have a ladies’ room. There were no female judges; Weddington faced a wall of older white men.

Almost five decades after the decision, Sarah Weddington died at her home in Austin on Dec. 26, 2021, at age 76, after a period of declining health. Rest in power, Sarah Weddington.

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What Commitment to Diversifying the Federal Bench Looks Like

BY ZINELLE OCTOBER | At the end of 2021, 80 percent of President Biden’s confirmed judges have been women—compared to 42 percent of President Obama’s federal judges and a mere 24 percent of President Trump’s.

It will take a sustained commitment to diversity to actually achieve a federal judiciary that reflects the American people. Even with President Biden’s diverse judges confirmed this year, the federal judiciary is still approximately 72 percent white and 65 percent men. The numbers are moving in the right direction, but we have a long way to go.
 
 
 
 
 

Feminist Wishes for 2022: “We Were Never Meant To Do This Work Alone”

BY MARTHA GARBARINI and HANNAH BECK | As the new year begins, Ms. asked some of our favorite feminists—from abortion activists and providers to climate crisis specialists and environmentalists—what they see as top priorities and what changes they’re hoping for in 2022.

“Ms. readers: We are the answer—the future we’ve been waiting for! And that begins right now, on the eve of 2022.”
 
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On December 1, the Supreme Court held oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization—a case that some believe could overturn Roe v. Wade. The case involves a Mississippi abortion provision, banning most abortions after 15 weeks, with no exceptions for rape or incest. So, what’s at stake in Dobbs—both in terms of abortion rights, and in terms of the Supreme Court’s legitimacy?

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