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Harry Andrew Blackmun |
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| Harry Blackmun was appointed to the United States Supreme Court by President Richard M. Nixon in 1970. Initially a conservative, Blackmun’s views became more liberal over time. He wrote the majority opinion in the 1973 landmark case Roe v. Wade which in effect legalized abortion. Blackmun retired in 1994. | ||||||
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| United States (Government); Blackmun, Harry Andrew; Roe v. Wade | ||||||
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