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| Henry Blackmun | |||
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| Former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court From: June 9, 1970 – August 3, 1994 | |||
| Nominator | Richard Nixon | ||
| Predecessor | Abe Fortas | ||
| Successor | Stephen Breyer | ||
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| Party | Republican[1] | ||
| Religion | Methodist | ||
Harry Andrew Blackmun (November 12, 1908 – March 4, 1999) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Serving from June 9, 1970 – August 4, 1994, he is most notorious as the author of the majority opinion in the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion in the United States. Although a Republican who had been appointed by another Republican president, he was known as a liberal judge.