Honestly, I tend to think she was taken advantage of by Sarah Weddington, who was basically just out to make a name for herself. And I say that as someone whose views would generally be regarded as pro-choice.
If the abortion rights movement had simply been content to let abortion slowly become legalized state-by-state, it would have been much harder for a cohesive pro-life movement to metastasize onto the Christian Right and create such a major backlash.
Red- Illegal.
Purple- Legal in cases of rape.
Blue- Legal in cases of danger to woman's health.
Green- Legal in cases of danger to woman's health, rape or incest, or likely damaged fetus.
Yellow- Legal upon request.
WTF New Jersey? Granted I guess you could just go to New York so it wasn't that big of a deal, but still weird. Also how is the South more progressive than most of the country?
Because it makes perfect sense for segregationists to support access to abortion.
