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Former Justice Harry Blackmun on Roe v. Wade Decision

U.S. Supreme Court (1973)

U.S. Supreme Court (1973)

Washington, DC
Sunday, January 27, 2013

Forty years ago, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Roe v. Wade, making abortion legal in the United States.  In this interview recorded in 1995, former Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, who wrote the majority opinion, discusses the case.  This is a portion of 38 hours of videotaped interviews that Justice Blackmun recorded with his former law clerk Harold Koh.

Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013 at 10:44am (ET)

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