Roe’s Grassroots Beginnings
Student organizations at the University of Texas at Austin played a key role in the landmark court case.
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Laura Morales is the spring 2022 Editorial Fellow for the Observer. She is a senior studying journalism and government at the University of Texas at Austin. She served as the President of the National Association of Hispanic Journalist chapter at the University of Texas last semester. She has written for the Austin American-Statesman, the San Antonio Current, Texas Standard and The San Antonio Report as an intern and The Daily Texan as a senior news reporter.
Student organizations at the University of Texas at Austin played a key role in the landmark court case.
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