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Spinster Leads Push for Abortions Rights Reform
Patricia Theresa Jean McGinnis, a 41 year old Sausalito activist, mounts a sustained challenge to abortion laws. She cites multiple arrests and abortions performed, arguing that women must control reproduction and rely on courts rather than lawmakers to secure rights. She compares her crusade to civil rights movements and highlights California cases she believes could liberalize abortion nationwide.
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Carrie Nation
Movement For
Patricia Theresa Jean McGinnis
Miss McGinnis
California
California State Supreme Court
Los Angeles
John Gwynne
United States Supreme Court
Richard Conrad Orser