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Author: Sarah B. Hechtman

Sarah B. Hechtman, Esq., is a family lawyer committed to helping clients resolve their family disputes on their own terms. Hechtman has extensive litigation experience, having begun her career as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office where she tried street crime cases, including those involving domestic violence and sex crimes. Hechtman later worked as a civil rights lawyer prosecuting class action cases on behalf of children.
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My Reproductive Freedom Has Been Critical to My Life Choices

Sarah B. Hechtman
June Medical / My Reproductive Freedom Has Been Critical to My Life Choices

As the Supreme Court prepares to release a decision on June Medical Services v. Russo—a case challenging a medically unnecessary admitting privileges law in Louisiana that seeks to shutter the state’s few remaining abortion clinics—I can’t help but look back at the enormous role that my reproductive life and freedom have played in shaping who I am today.

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