Draft, with edits, of Brothers' testimony before the platform committee as a delegate for the Inter-American Commission of Women, August 17, 1972. Based on the notes on this draft, Dr. Brothers had sent it to her mother for proofreading.
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In the page shown here, Dr. Brothers discusses the necessity for repealing all abortion laws and allowing women their constitutional right to choose what happens to their bodies. The landmark case repealing the abortion laws, Roe v. Wade, was decided in 1973, a year after Dr. Brothers' testimony.