Eddie Bernice Johnson tweeted the following:
"I was wrong, she added.Sarah feared this day might come. In her memory, let us renew our commitment to the fight for reproductive rights for all."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Eddie Bernice Johnson:
"I thought that the right of a woman to make a decision about what she would do in a particular pregnancy would be accepted. That by this timethe controversy over abortion would have gradually faded away like the closing scenes of a movie and we could go on to other issues."Read on Twitter
"Sarah passed away last year, but I want to share some of her words that resonate stronger than ever before:It is unthinkable to allow complete strangers, whether individually or collectively as state legislators or others...to make such personal decisions for someone else.""Read on Twitter
"This is Sarah Weddington, Kay Bailey Hutchison, and I in the Texas House in 1973.That same year, at 26 years old, Sarah went before the Supreme Court and successfully argued Roe v. Wade."Read on Twitter
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