Linda Coffee
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Born | December 25, 1942 |
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Occupation | Lawyer |
Linda Nellene Coffee (born December 25, 1942)
Early and personal life
Coffee was born into a Southern Baptist family. She met her partner in winter 1983 in response to a personal ad.[4]
Education
Coffee earned a
Career
Once she graduated from law school she worked for the Texas Legislative Council.[1] The Texas Legislative Council does research for the Texas legislature.[6] Coffee was also a clerk for Sarah Hughes, who was a federal judge in Texas.[1] Coffee was a member of the Women's Equity Action League, an organization working toward equal employment opportunities for women.
After Roe, Coffee worked on bankruptcy cases.[1]
Roe v. Wade
Linda Coffee and
Reacting to the leaked draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, she lamented the prospect of Roe being overturned. She opined that the leak was unethical and that states will either try to allow abortion or restrict it, advising abortion rights litigators that "They should try to carry on the best they can."[10] Following the decision to overturn Roe, Coffee said the Supreme Court's decision to overturn it "flies in the face of American freedom" and "destroys dignity of all American women".[11]
References
- ^ a b c d e Prager, Joshua (19 January 2017). "Roe v. Wade's Secret Heroine Tells Her Story". Vanity Fair. : profile of Coffee
- ^ Garrow, David J. (27 September 1992). "She Put the v in Roe v. Wade". New York Times. : review of A Question of Choice by Sarah Weddington
- ISBN 9780520213029.
- ^ Prager, Joshua. "Exclusive: Roe v. Wade's Secret Heroine Tells Her Story". The Hive. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
- ^ "State Bar of Texas | Find a Lawyer | Linda Nellene Coffee".
- ^ Council, Texas Legislative. "Texas Legislative Council - About the Council". www.tlc.state.tx.us. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ a b SARAH, WEDDINGTON (2010-06-15). "ROE V. WADE". tshaonline.org. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ISBN 9781598840988.
- ^ "A History of Key Abortion Rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court". Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project. 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ Hollers, BeLynn. "Roe v. Wade lawyer Linda Coffee laments potential Supreme Court ruling to overturn Dallas case". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ Vogt, Adrienne; Sangal, Aditi; Hammond, Elise; Wagner, Meg; Rocha, Veronica (June 25, 2022). "Attorney in 1973 Roe v. Wade case says SCOTUS decision "flies in the face of American freedom"". CNN. Archived from the original on June 24, 2022. Retrieved June 25, 2022.