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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 10 > Harriet Johnson was a prominent activist for rights of the disabled

Harriet Johnson was a prominent activist for rights of the disabled

By Dennis Hevesi / The Bulletin
June 10, 2008

Harriet McBryde Johnson, a feisty champion of the rights of the disabled who came to prominence after she challenged a Princeton professor’s contention that severely disabled newborns could ethically be euthanized, died Wednesday at her home in Charleston, S.C. She was 50.

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