was the founder of the Weddington Center. She also served as a speaker and adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin until 2012. Personal life and death From 1968 to 1974, she was married to Ron Weddington. After her divorce, Sarah continued to live alone in Austin, Texas. Weddington died at her home in Austin on December 26, 2021, at age 76, after a period of declining health. News outlets noted that her death occurred shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a case reconsidering and ultimately overturning the Roe v. Wade decision. Awards Weddington held honorary doctorates from McMurry University, Hamilton College, Austin College, Southwestern University, and Nova Southeastern University. Publications As author A Question of Choice, Smithmark Publishers, Incorporated, 1993, ; Consortium Book Sales & Dist, 2013, The United States Delegation to the United Nations Mid-Decade Conference for Women: Copenhagen, July 14–30, 1980. Washington, DC : The White House, 1980. Weddington, Sarah Ragle, and 1975 Homemakers Committee United States. National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year. The Legal Status of Homemakers In Texas. Washington, D.C., Homemakers Committee, National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1977. As contributing author Guide to Women's Resources. Washington, D.C: Office of Sarah Weddington, 1980. Honoring a Commitment to the People of America: The Record of President Jimmy Carter on Women's Issues. Washington, D.C: Office of Sarah Weddington, 1980. Roe, Jane, Henry Wade, Sarah R. Weddington, and Jay Floyd. Jane Roe, Et Al., Appellants V. Henry Wade, Appellee: proceedings of Arguments Before the U.s. Supreme Court Monday, December 13, 1971. Washington: U.S. Supreme Court, 1971. Weddington, Sarah R, Jane Hickie, Deanna Fitzgerald, Elizabeth W. Fernea, and Marilyn P. Duncan. Texas Women in Politics. Austin, Tex: Foundation for Women's Resources, 1977. References Further reading A documentary of progress during the administration of Jimmy Carter, 1977 to 1981: Barbara Haugen, editor; from the Office of Sarah Weddington, Assistant to the President, The White House (1981) External links The Weddington Center SuperLawyers: Roe v Wade 1945 births 2021 deaths 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American women lawyers 20th-century American women politicians 21st-century American lawyers 21st-century American women lawyers Activists from Texas American abortion-rights activists Methodists from Texas American women's rights activists McMurry University alumni Democratic Party members of