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« on: Jun 17th, 2003, 5:08pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Ex-plaintiff in landmark Roe v. Wade ruling asks case to be overturned
Tuesday, June 17, 2003 Posted: 2:35 PM EDT (1835 GMT)
 
DALLAS, Texas (AP) -- The former plaintiff known as "Jane Roe" in the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized abortion sought to have the case overturned in a motion filed Tuesday that asks the courts to consider new evidence that abortion hurts women.  
 
Norma McCorvey, who joined the anti-abortion fight nearly 10 years ago and says she regrets her role in Roe v. Wade, said the Supreme Court's decision is no longer valid because scientific and anecdotal evidence that has come to light in the last 30 years has shown the negative effects of abortion.  
 
"We're getting our babies back," a jubilant McCorvey said at a news conference while flanked by about 60 women, some who sobbed and held signs that read "I regret my abortion."  
 
"I feel like the weight of the world has just been lifted off my shoulders," said McCorvey, 55.  
 
Sarah Weddington, the abortion advocate and attorney who originally represented McCorvey, did not immediately return a call seeking comment. A representative from the National Organization for Women also did not immediately return a message.  
 
Allen Parker Jr., McCorvey's attorney, said he could not remember any other landmark case in which the plaintiff has asked to have it overturned.  
 
"I think the new evidence will show the court what they thought was good will turn out to be an instrument of wrong," said Parker, who is with the San Antonio-based Texas Justice Foundation.  
 
McCorvey filed the motion with the federal district court in Dallas, which ruled to legalize abortion in Texas before the Supreme Court ruling. The Texas attorney general's office and Dallas district attorney each have 20 days to respond to the motion.  
 
McCorvey and her attorneys asked the federal court to consider more than 5,400 pages of evidence, including 1,000 affidavits from women who say they regret their abortions.  
 
McCorvey was a 21-year-old carnival barker when, pregnant for the third time, she sought an abortion. She agreed to be the plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking to overturn Texas' anti-abortion statute.  
 
The Supreme Court decision came after she had the baby. It was the third child she put up for adoption. McCorvey publicly identified herself as Jane Roe in 1980.  
 
 
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« Reply #1 on: Jun 18th, 2003, 11:18am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify Remove Remove
Regardless of your stand on issue I find it appalling that "Roe" wants verdict overturned 30 years after she benifits from decision. "Can you say HYPOCRITE!"
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Re: Roe asks case to be overturned
« Reply #2 on: Jun 18th, 2003, 12:53pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Yeah, I'm not exactly excited to see her filing to have this overturned...
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« Reply #3 on: Jun 18th, 2003, 1:56pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify Remove Remove
Angry Seems to me Roe forgot what Roe v Wade was all about! It wasnt about abortion it was about choice! You dont have to agree with abortion to realize that. Roe forgot that over these last 30 years
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Re: Roe asks case to be overturned
« Reply #4 on: Jun 18th, 2003, 9:16pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify

Jane "Roe" needs to move on.  I can't see 30 years of case law and Court decisions being reversed just because Roe  "changed her mind"! Roll Eyes
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Re: Roe asks case to be overturned
« Reply #5 on: Jun 19th, 2003, 8:22am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
A little humour here - she's a woman, therefore prone to "change her mind"....  *thud*
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Changed her mind? Based on who she has ben with (anit abortionist) seems more like she has been brainwashed or pressured! But changing Case Law because someone changed their mind! REALLY
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