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Schapiro: On abortion, saying a lot by saying a little

JEFF E. SCHAPIRO Richmond Times-Dispatch
Oct 27, 2023
Oct 27, 2023 Updated Mar 26, 2024
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Abortion rights advocate RaeAnn Roca Pickett speaks during a rally in downtown Richmond on May 3, 2022, after a leaked draft of an opinion overturning Roe v. Wade by Justice Samuel Alito went public.

Eva Russo, Times-Dispatch

A protester speaks into a megaphone outside Richmond City Hall during a protest against the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022.

Armond Feffer/TIMES-DISPATCH

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JEFF E. SCHAPIRO Richmond Times-Dispatch

When asked about abortion after it was legalized by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973, Sen. Harry Byrd Jr. — there’s a name you probably haven’t heard in a while — would say it was a matter for a woman and her doctor.

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