Feminist Judgments and the Future of Reproductive Justice

Roe v. Wade is one of the twenty-five Supreme Court cases that has been rewritten from a feminist perspective by an imaginative group of law professors and lawyers. This Essay is based on remarks made by Ms. Weddington at a panel discussion held at Temple University Beasley School of Law on November 13, 2017

Law: The Wind Beneath My Wings

I believe that a substantial number of law students thirst to make a societal impact through public interest work. Thus, the problem is not a difficulty in mustering enough interest, but rather, the obstacles law students and graduates must face along the way. Accordingly, this Essay traces the disconnect between students’ initial public interest commitment and their later inconsistent professional pursuits, with some thoughts on how to remedy this disparity

Some Leaders Are Born Women

Students who dedicate themselves to the study of law leave school equipped not only to become attorneys but also to become leaders. Honing the ability to write, to make a rational argument and to excel at preparation, all pave the way for lawyers to step into leadership roles that help bring about change and shape history, according to Sarah Weddington, the winning attorney in the historic U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade

Roe v. Wade: 25 Years Later

Sarah Weddington, who represented “Jane Roe” in the Roe v. Wade case before the Supreme Court 25 years ago, delivered the law school’s 1998 Edith House Lecture Sept. 23. She took the case pro bono, six years out of law school herself. She now teaches at the University of Texas. Some excerpts: “It was kind of an instantaneous development of these [abortion rights] cases around the country. I thought I was underpinning a mountain of these cases, but I never thought mine would be the one to reach the U.S. Supreme Court.

Replication Timing: A Fingerprint for Cell Identity and Pluripotency

Many types of epigenetic profiling have been used to classify stem cells, stages of cellular differentiation, and cancer subtypes. Existing methods focus on local chromatin features such as DNA methylation and histone modifications that require extensive analysis for genome-wide coverage. Replication timing has emerged as a highly stable cell type-specific epigenetic feature that is regulated at the megabase-level and is easily and comprehensively analyzed genome-wide. Here, we describe a cell classification method using 67 individual replication profiles from 34 mouse and human cell lines and stem cell-derived tissues, including new data for mesendoderm, definitive endoderm, mesoderm and smooth muscle. Using a Monte-Carlo approach for selecting features of replication profiles conserved in each cell type, we identify “replication timing fingerprints” unique to each cell type and apply a k nearest neighbor approach to predict known and unknown cell types. Our method correctly classifies 67/67 independent replication-timing profiles, including those derived from closely related intermediate stages. We also apply this method to derive fingerprints for pluripotency in human and mouse cells. Interestingly, the mouse pluripotency fingerprint overlaps almost completely with previously identified genomic segments that switch from early to late replication as pluripotency is lost. Thereafter, replication timing and transcription within these regions become difficult to reprogram back to pluripotency, suggesting these regions highlight an epigenetic barrier to reprogramming. In addition, the major histone cluster Hist1 consistently becomes later replicating in committed cell types, and several histone H1 genes in this cluster are downregulated during differentiation, suggesting a possible instrument for the chromatin compaction observed during differentiation. Finally, we demonstrate that unknown samples can be classified independently using site-specific PCR against fingerprint regions. In sum, replication fingerprints provide a comprehensive means for cell characterization and are a promising tool for identifying regions with cell type-specific organization

Sarah Weddington: Some Leaders are Born Women

A discussion of the possible reasons that there are few women leaders, ways to increase the number of women leaders, and how to get more men and women into public, civic, and volunteer leadership. Sarah Weddington who was 26 years old when she won the Roe vs. Wade suit, is believed to be the youngest woman to win a case in the Supreme Court. A nationally known expert on issues affecting women, she was the first woman elected to the Texas House of Representatives, where she served three terms. From 1978 to 1981, she served as assistant to President Carter, who designated her to lead White House efforts to assist in the selection of women for federal judiciary appointments, co-chair the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Mid-Decade Conference on Women in Copenhagen, and implement other programs to promote the equal treatment of women in the military. A writer, teacher and lecturer, Weddington now practices law in Austin, Texas. She is also a senior lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin, teaching a course called Leadership in America, and a member of the board of the Foundation for Women\u27s Resources. Weddington, who has been named one of Time magazine\u27s Outstanding Young American Leaders, is the author of the best-selling A Question of Choice, which details the Roe vs. Wade case. Currently, she is working on a book, tentatively titled The Power of One, which will encourage participation in public and civic activities. She has also been featured in publications such as Working Woman, People and The Washington Post. Her interviews with former first ladies Johnson, Ford and Carter, titled Women and the Constitution, were featured in Good Housekeeping magazine. Weddington received her law degree from the University of Texas School of Law in 1967

Feminist Judgments and the Future of Reproductive Justice

Roe v. Wade is one of the twenty-five Supreme Court cases that has been rewritten from a feminist perspective by an imaginative group of law professors and lawyers. This Essay is based on remarks made by Ms. Weddington at a panel discussion held at Temple University Beasley School of Law on November 13, 2017

Interview no. 604

Women and politics: What is Washington Doing to you

Sarah Weddington thanks Dr. Hector P. Garcia for his recent visit to the President

Sarah Weddington, Assistant to the President, writes to Dr. Hector P. Garcia on behalf of the President to thank him for his visit and trusts that the information provided from the senior advisers was beneficial