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"The Supreme Court overruled today all state laws that prohibit or restrict a woman's right to obtain an abortion during her first three months of pregnancy. The vote was 7-2. In an historic resolution of a fiercely controversial issue...."
"High Court Rules Abortion Legal," New York Times, January 23, 1973
Roe v. Wade offered "a sound foundation for final and reasonable resolution" of the abortion debate.
New York Times editorial, January 23, 1973
"I really thought the opinion had been written in concrete."
Sarah Weddington, the pro-abortion attorney who litigated Roe v. Wade, appearing on CBS's The Early Show, January 22, 2003
"At the same time, the iconography of the abortion-rights movement is fading from memory. Indeed, pro-choice stalwarts pitched themselves to a younger audience more than four years ago with a multimillion-dollar campaign in which some of the ads featured coat hangers. To some of the movement's newest members, the message seemed almost laughably out of touch."