Subsequent Career
After arguing Roe v. Wade, Weddington was elected to three terms in the Texas House of Representatives.
Additionally, Weddington served as General Counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture in 1977 (the first woman to hold that office), assistant to president Jimmy Carter from 1978 to 1981, and lecturer at Texas Wesleyan University from 1981 to 1990. She is the founder of the Weddington Center, which focuses on women in leadership.
Until 2012 she was a speaker and adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
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