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When Norma McCorvey, who was "Jane Roe" in the landmark Roe v. Wade case, sought an abortion in 1972, she said she had been raped. It was a lie. By the time the Supreme Court decided her case on January 22, 1973, she had given birth to a baby.
On the same day the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade, it ruled in Doe v. Bolton, which is known as the companion case to Roe. Sandra Cano, who was "Jane Doe," never wanted or had an abortion. She had sought legal help to obtain a divorce and child custody. She did not know her attorney filed the Doe v. Bolton lawsuit to legalize abortion on demand. When she learned how she had been used, she spent years trying to get her case records, which her attorney had sealed.
It is the Doe case, because of the "health" exception, that ultimately resulted in the horrific procedure known as partial-birth abortion up to the day of birth.
Both Norma and Sandra, now grandmothers, want to see their cases overturned in their lifetimes. The Justice Foundation filed a motion to overturn Roe in June 2003. In January 2005, the case reached the United States Supreme Court, which declined to hear it.
In August 2003, The Justice Foundation filed a motion on behalf of Sandra Cano to overturn Doe v. Bolton. Her motion will be appealed to the Supreme Court.
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