DALLAS, July 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Norma McCorvey, the former Roe of Roe v. Wade, has filed a Notice of Appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals of the District Court’s Order denying her Motion to have her landmark 1973 Supreme Court Case reheard. Her attorney, Allan E. Parker, Jr., Justice Foundation CEO, stated: “Ultimately, the United States Supreme Court will determine whether Roe should be vacated because it is no longer just.” He explained that “the Supreme Court has a duty to reexamine its precedents because of changed legal and factual conditions.” McCorvey presented 5,437 pages of evidence that 1) abortion hurts women, 2) abortion takes the life of a human being, and 3) the safe haven (Baby Moses) laws in forty states are a better alternative for women than abortion. Safe haven laws protect both mother and child from the dangers of child abandonment.
The judge denied McCorvey’s Motion without a hearing two days after it was filed on June 17. McCorvey questioned, “How could the judge have read the affidavits from over one thousand post-abortive women in two days? I deeply regret the damage my original case caused women. I want the Supreme Court to examine the evidence and have a spirit of justice for women and children.” See LifeSite’s recent Special Report on the case: ‘Roe’ of ‘Roe vs. Wade’ Files Motion to Re-Open Landmark Abortion Case https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2003/jun/030617a.html