Today I had to read a big chunk of the Roe v. Wade decision... on a side note, that has nothing to do with the main topic of this thread, i am sort of amused by the fact that the last Rehnquist case I read made me a big fan of him and now his dissent makes me happy he's dead....
anyways, the real question..
I was never really aware of the history surrounding the case, specifically that it was actually brought up by a woman who wanted to have an abortion. It mentions that she asked for an injunction and some other stuff, but it seems to me that the only way to grant such an order would be to let her simply have the abortion. So what I was wondering is if she was allowed to have the abortion upon it going to trial, because it took 3 yrs to go through the courts and by then she could have given birth and subsequently gotten knocked up a couple more times.
Anyone know what happened specifically to her?
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
She gave birth. It was years later that the case actually went to the supreme court.
Her daughter, who was to be aborted, is now a pro-life activist.
edit: I've been looking for a reference for this, and I cannot find it. I can find that Norma McCorvey, the "Jane Roe" of the case, is now an anti-abortion activist, and I can find that she put her daughter up for adoption but I cannot find more specific information about that daughter.
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
quote:now his dissent makes me happy he's dead....
Just as a note, this is not how we talk here.
Posted by HegemonsAcolyte (Member # 1468) on :
To MS -- Sorry, I would edit it but it is kinda late for that now.
To MPH -- Thanx for the info. I am not too surprised by that fact since it saved her life. I guess that now her name is no longer classified, because I am assuming that "Jane Roe" was a pseudonym... well, that or a hell of a coincidence.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
wow... that's some impressive timing... once more, thanks a lot for the info on that.
On a side note, the case is one hell of a boring read
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Norma McCorvey, the original plaintiff, is a pro-life activist. She claims to have attempted to contact her child, but has been rebuffed; her child has asked to remain anonymous.
Edit: *laugh* In the time it took me to check my facts, MPH checked his own. Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
LOL, I was just googling around looking for more info on this too, and was about to ask for the daughter's name! Thanks for the update/edit.
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
HA, No worries. Hyperbolic expressions like that are common in many places and it's certainly not like I was upset by it. I was just letting you know that they don't really fall within the standards here.
Posted by HegemonsAcolyte (Member # 1468) on :
Well, now if this case happens to come up in class I will have some nice trivia
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