posted on June 18, 2003 05:18:12 AM new'Roe' Seeks to Overturn Abortion Law
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DALLAS (Reuters) - The woman once known as "Jane Roe" whose case led to the legalization of abortion in the United States 30 years ago filed a new court challenge on Tuesday in a bid to overturn the landmark Supreme Court decision.
Norma McCorvey, who went by the name Jane Roe in the landmark Roe v. Wade (news - web sites) ruling but later joined the anti-abortion movement, filed a motion in Dallas federal court claiming changes in the law and advances in medicine had rendered the court's original decision unjust.
At a Dallas rally, she told supporters she regretted her part in the original lawsuit.
"I want to thank all the wonderful women that are standing here. I'm so sorry that I filed that affidavit," McCorvey said.
"I long for the day that justice will be done and the burden from all these deaths will be removed from my shoulders," she said in a separate statement.
Planned Parenthood (news - web sites) president Gloria Feldt said the case was not viewed as a threat to abortion rights.
"We don't expect the court to take it seriously. And the reason is because it was a good decision," she told Reuters. "Roe v. Wade enabled women to participate in the social, financial and political life of this country."
The move is the latest challenge to U.S. abortion rights and comes after the House of Representatives and the Senate each approved a ban on a procedure critics call "partial birth" abortion. Minor differences in the two versions remain to be worked out before the legislation goes to the White House.
The ban, supported by President Bush (news - web sites), would be the first time a specific abortion procedure has been criminalized since the 1973 Supreme Court decision.
In Tuesday's motion, written by a Texas-based conservative legal group called the Justice Foundation, McCorvey said Roe v. Wade was decided on false assumptions and that no meaningful trial was held to determine the facts.
posted on June 18, 2003 09:56:02 AM new
Twelve - I would think that you would support abotion so that all of those "sneaky bitches" could not milk you and your bretheren into court ordered child support for those children that you were tricked into fathering against your will.
Mario Andretti - “If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.”
posted on June 18, 2003 10:07:18 AM new
I have a hard time figuring out how they legally plan to proceed. But if you want more info, Roe's new lawsuit and related documents are avaiable here.
Any lawyers out there have any insight into "Rule 60" and whether McCorvey has standing to proceed?
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[ edited by msincognito on Jun 18, 2003 10:11 AM ]
posted on June 18, 2003 12:53:13 PM newNeon Neon... better go back and read some of my other posts... I am sterile
Oh boy, twelve, could I run with that one. Another abortion thread. I wonder in orleansgallery is going to poke her head in and speak out. I think I may sit this one out. You all know my viewpoint on the subject. I've had enough stress for a day (Windows crashed on my computer at work and I had to tell everyone payroll in on temporary hold).
Cheryl
My religion is simple, my religion is kindness.
--Dalai Llama
posted on June 18, 2003 01:40:37 PM new
Payroll. Yipes. I bet you're feelin' the love this afternoon.
(My best friend does payroll for a very large restaurant. She calls it "my weekly nightmare."
------------------- We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.
------------The Talmud
posted on June 23, 2003 08:12:47 AM new
CBlev65252
"Another abortion thread."
CBlev65252 in the the four year history of AW, there is quota of at least one abortion thread per quarter.
As for "Jane Doe" she was working at a "pro-abortion" establishment (I would safely assume a Planned Parenthood but not 100%) and the "anti-abortion" office was next door.
There was a big fanfare at the time of her recruitment and still is. With my experience with any groups with agendas, IMO they are using her as a "poster child."
It is "fine and dandy" that
it was ok for her to have a legalized abortion, but since she doesn't need it anymore, then she doesn't need to support it anymore.
Not saying that I am pro-abortion nor am I say I am anti-abortion.
Another abortion thread. I wonder in orleansgallery is going to poke her head in and speak out. I think I may sit this one out. You all know my viewpoint on the subject. I've had enough stress for a day (Windows crashed on my computer at work and I had to tell everyone payroll in on temporary hold).
