Sandra Day O'Connor, first female Supreme Court justice, dead at 93
Sandra Day O’Connor, who made history as the first female justice on the Supreme Court, died Friday morning. She was 93.
Sandra Day O’Connor, who made history as the first female justice on the Supreme Court, died Friday morning. She was 93.
O’Connor, who retired from the high bench in 2006, passed away in her home state of Arizona due to complications from advanced dementia and a respiratory illness
A moderate conservative, O’Connor was best known for her co-authorship of the majority opinion in 1993’s Planned Parenthood v. Casey, in which the justices ruled that state laws restricting abortion should not impose an “undue burden” on women seeking the procedure.
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