Roe v. Wade | 3. Women vs. Connecticut
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Women vs Connecticut - Women's Liberation
Ria hirschmann had signed on as a plaintiff in women versus connecticut after she'd heard their pitch. The attorneys representing the state of connecticut argued that lif begins at conception and that a foetus has rights that need to be protected. One doctor testified that he didn't perform abortions because he considered both the mother and foetus his patients. There was also a canadian physician who showed a short film of tiny tses getting probed with needles. And then there would be this hand reaching in like a big needle and poking the foetus. Ria: "In those days, a woman wearing pants to court or pante anywhere, you were immediately women's liberation"
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