PLAINTIFFS ASK US COURTS TO REVERSE ROE, DOE DECISIONS

Washington, Aug. 28 (LifesiteNews.com/CWN) - The two women who were plaintiffs in the Roe and Doe decisions of 1973, in which the US Supreme Court effectively struck down all state laws restricting abortion, have now joined in asking the courts to reverse their decisions.

Sandra Cano, the "Mary Doe" of the Doe v. Bolton case is filing her motion to set aside that ruling today in Atlanta. "I'm going back to court to right a wrong," said Cano. "Abortion has hurt millions of women," she said, "and I regret my role." A similar motion by Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in Roe v Wade, was already filed this past June. Her motion is currently pending before the Court of Appeals of the 5th Circuit.

Cano and McCorvey both regret their individual roles in Doe and Roe and seek to reverse their cases which brought abortion on demand and its tragic effects to America. McCorvey's motion to reverse Roe, filed June 17, 2003, is on appeal to the Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit and headed to the US Supreme Court.

"The truth is that I did not seek or want an abortion. I was young, uninformed, and in a difficult situation," Cano said. "Not once in the process was I given an opportunity to speak, and no judge or attorney in court asked me how I felt about abortion," she said. Cano says her case was based on lies and deception.

Cano and McCorvey were originally brought before the Supreme Court as women who needed abortions in order to protect or improve their lives. Now they return to the Supreme Court as representatives of the women who have been exploited and injured by the abortion industry. McCorvey once worked at an abortion clinic and now believes, with Cano, that abortion is a safety hazard, not a safety net.

Over 1,000 women who have suffered severe physical and/or emotional problems related to their abortions have provided sworn statements in support of Cano and McCorvey's motions. "We're standing with Sandra Cano in saying the Doe decision was a mistake. We now have conclusive evidence that abortion is physically dangerous and emotionally devastating," said Dianne Donaudy. "It harms women. Each of us deeply regrets having an abortion. We want the public, especially women, to know the truth about the tragic and harmful consequences of abortion," she said.

-- Bill Nelson (bnelson45@hotmail.com), August 30, 2003

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aaahhhh, the meandering posts of those who dont understand the necesity of an electoral system in democracy... how grand.

by the way, its not that nobody wants our democracy (otherwise the democratic governments of france, germany, and russia wouldnt be based on ours) its that no TYRANT wants our democracy. oh, and kristina doesnt want our democracy, but thats only because shes never spent a month in saudi arabia where buying things from foreign nationals gets your hands cut off, or spent some time in iraq where dissenters lost their right ear as a scarlett letter to mark them as outcasts, or maybe bosnia, where she could see the little children starving in their great lack of american aide. want and need are two very different things my dear, there will always be people who oppose what is right. the question is, do you support the murderous tyrants or do you support the people trying to stop them?

-- paul (dontSendMeMail@notAnAddress.com), August 31, 2003.

Dear Bill, This is an amazing turn-around.This cycle is a definite sign of hope. What truer, stronger testimony is there then that of the men and women who've suffered the trauma of abortion, and are here today to tell about it.

Hand in hand with this development is the need for the message of God's mercy and healing to go out to those others who suffer the guilt of this travesty. The damage and wounds inflicted are unfathomable. We'll see what becomes of it, and who will be touched by this new development. Theresa

-- Theresa Huether (Rodntee4Jesus@aol.com), September 01, 2003.

by the way, its not that nobody wants our democracy (otherwise the democratic governments of france, germany, and russia wouldnt be based on ours) its that no TYRANT wants our democracy.

Except the one who's trying to undermine it right now.

oh, and kristina doesnt want our democracy, but thats only because shes never spent a month in saudi arabia where buying things from foreign nationals gets your hands cut off, or spent some time in iraq where dissenters lost their right ear as a scarlett letter to mark them as outcasts, or maybe bosnia, where she could see the little children starving in their great lack of american aide.

This is what's called a "tu quoque" fallacy: it implies that what we're doing is fine as long as what someone else is doing is worse. But it doesn't work that way. If what we do is wrong, then it's wrong, regardless of what someone else is doing.

want and need are two very different things my dear, there will always be people who oppose what is right. the question is, do you support the murderous tyrants or do you support the people trying to stop them?

I support those who are trying to stop them, which is why I oppose Bush.

Rob

-- Rob (ithink@not.com), September 04, 2003.